Originally Posted by badsac
Thanks for that. It's always seemed to me that it's easier to get a reasonably good frame with okay componenets and upgrade the componenets as needed? But I guess if you can get good components all in one go for a start, then it's just one more step to throw them on a good frame. I'd say I'd wear components out before going for another frame though.
What does Hitchy reckon about riding carbon vs alooominum on your rough roads? He has both.
I reckon you're right, that if the roads are really crap, the frame probably is the issue.
I should say that I've never really ridden carbon more than a few kms, and of the four aluminum
frames I've owned, I'd only ride one of them on rough roads (1999 Specialized Allez Comp) -- the others
are what I call "BROBs": "Beach Road only bikes".