If your riding an all steel frame, you will really feel the surface of the road,, now if your riding a combination of steel frame and carbon fiber fork, then the vibration is not that strong, ahh, what i"m I talking here, a steel frame bike is very strong conpared to ang aluminum frame, and aluminum frame its material is somewhat brittle, as for the other frame material like tintanium and carbon fiber, i have no i dea how strong and how long they will last