Originally Posted by Sprocket Man
Some aluminum frames are more robust than others.
Telling one from the other .. is that merely a matter of price, or are there brands to avoid?
If you buy a well-built aluminum frame and take care of it, it will probably outlast you.
I hope that's true, I really do, because at my price point I shall probably
have to buy aluminum.
Regarding comfort, my wife has a Vitus 979 - it's an older thin-tubed aluminum frame. Super comfortable, not at all an "asshammer". In fact, it's probably one of the most comfortable bikes I have ever ridden. It's flexy,
Flexy? Aluminum is really not supposed to flex at all. The reason aluminum frames are stiffer than steel is because it fatigues and fails if flexed many times. Steel can flex repeatedly forever without fatigue.