Hello all respondents, I was questioning what would be the "best" choice - an alu bike with a carbon fork - or an alu bike not having a carbon fork; and would a carbon seat stay or carbon rear tubing (?) - be even more preferable?
It causes enough reactions and some useful idea's to take along when going shopping.
I just rented and tested a full alu Fuji road bike and could compare it with my (hybrid) Trek Soho 2 full alu frame/fork. It (the Fuji) felt much smoother, and made me wonder if this is the bike to go for or save some more money for an even better (first) road bike.
Your input is valued, and really helpful to make a choice.
Oh, and that's especially because I am not in a position to test several bikes - my LBS will probably let me test one or two, but I doubt if he will let me test 3 or perhaps 4 bikes on one day...
Last edited by vsopking; 11-24-08 at 01:49 PM.