Being on BF i have realized one thing, many like to voice their opinions, yet there is typically a lack of proof or data to back up claims.

The long held debate between the vast selection of frame materials and ride comfort could easily be "tested" yet i have not seen hard facts surrounding this.

To end this debate, all it requires is a simple Design of experiments, a few strategically placed high frequency accelerometers and some analysis. This would quantify your 'ride quality' and go a long way in putting logic behind the debate.

The other debate about component groups is equally lacking true engineering information, but that would require a much larger set of metrics... i'll leave that for another day.