Originally Posted by
pharding
I am just not feeling the love.
The beautiful thing about cycling is that there are many good ways to enjoy it. Does everyone that buys one of those bikes race bicycles? Of course not. This is a wonderful time for bicycle technology. If I choose to take advantage of it, why the negativity on the part of some posters?
Likely because a couple of the bikes on the OP's list are ridiculously stiff. The good news is the posers that ride wannabee race bikes pay for it on every ride in terms of unnecessary harshness when they don't create enough power to flex a frame that is built for 1000 watts.