Originally Posted by
mpetry912
my personal opinion is that tire pressure and then frame design, especially head tube angle and tubing guage, have a greater effect on ride quality than the absolute difference between frame materials.
but maybe that's a pointless or self evident observation
/markp
I think it might be even simpler than that---for me, the ride of short-wheelbase bikes is livelier (or more jarring, depending on your perspective) than that of bikes with longer wheelbases, regardless of frame material. For my frame size in a road bike of about 53 c-to-t, pretty much any production road bike designed around my favorite wheelbase measurement would be fine.