Old 04-09-24, 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by rr99
​​​​​​The only thing I'm worried about is that sometimes the bike seems pretty stiff and dead on the road. I'm 78kg standing 181cm. Thus I'm just wondering what's the durability of these OCLV carbon frames?
My recollection is that the OCLV always had a bit of a "dead" feeling on the road, even when they were new. Then again, I was comparing it to my big-tube aluminum crit bikes.

As for durability, this OCLV frame from 1999 is still getting abused from time to time...
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