Originally Posted by
lukewall
I think that's nonsense. There's a lot more to ride quality than frame material.
Absolutely. However you can say with a fair degree of accuracy that just about every entry level aluminum bike is going to ride fairly similarly and that just about every entry level chromo bike is going to ride fairly similar between models as well. Generally speaking, an entry level aluminum bike is going to ride very harsh because you don't start seeing huge variances in construction or tubing profiles until you start looking at more expensive frames.
Originally Posted by
PunctualAlex
Doesn't the synapse cost like twice as much as the rush hour? Anyway, I think what what elTwitcho meant to say was "a frame that weighs as much as steel but doesn't have the hipster cachet of being 20 years old and slightly rusty"
Yeah only not. Grow up kiddo.