Originally Posted by pshaw
And on the frame debate, I agree with 531, it's not the bike that makes the rider...
I like seeing guys at our club win races on old steel bikes with good wheels.
yeah, as long as the frame is
tooo heavy. I think my old 531 bikes feel a little slower these days during acceleration, but that could be because they have my crappiest components on them. I had 2 SLX frames years ago which felt sluggish, but I doubt they were really slower on the stopwatch.