Originally Posted by
Tom Bombadil
The "CF ride" can vary quite a bit. Depends if the frame is tuned for performance or comfort. As a material, CF is more vibration absorbing than steel. But it also offers the opportunity to make a very stiff, high performance frame that is still quite lightweight. That's where some manufacturers go with it.
Which is why Specialize makes the Tarmac for people who want stiffer race geometry and the Roubaix if they want more compliant relaxed geometry. Both come in CF. The key reason to go with CF is that it can be lighter for the same level of stiffness than most other materials primarily because you can build up the CF where you need the frame to be stiff and use less where you don't need the stiffness. Tough to do this with metal.
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