Originally Posted by
shogun17
It is a fairly limited test because it only tests a few available frames. To gain a comprehensive test, we'd need at least one frame from every manufacturer, STW, pure stiffness, weight, price.
FI, those tests don't involve any BMC, Pinarello or Colnago, the units are different between them and they don't compare price. We need a database where you can search in price brackets, stiffness brackets, STW etc. and name. But that won't happen and you'd need a universal rig to ensure comparable results.
I agree that there were only a few frames tested, and also that it is unlikely that a full set of results from tests of atleast one frame from every manufacturer will ever be available.
However the Cervelo R3 is claimed to be the stiffest bike (both laterally and torsionally) in the entire ProTour so i guess this takes into account any possibilities of any BMC's, Pinarello's, Colnago's, Ridley's, Look's, Time's etc from being any stiffer than the R3. With this information, it can be assumed, given the limitations, that the R3 is the stiffest frame on the market.