Originally Posted by
fauxto nick
Nahh I'm just being a jerk, it was a nice frame but it was tested in my case against a System Six and an S3... the System Six was super super super super super super laterally stiff, the S3 was the same stiffness but a softer ride and a much tighter feeling bike, then I hopped on the S1 and found it just too close to my Trek 1500, it was definitely stiffer but not insanely stiffer and more aggressive like the System Six was, I was just a bit under impressed.
Weird. I always assumed that the S1 would be almost unbearably stiff/harsh, though it is probably unfair to compare it to a pair of $7,000 bikes.