Originally Posted by
mickey85
Yet another reason CF scares me (let alone for the guy at the LBS telling me that a CF bike has to "break in" and you'll hear clicks and pops as the resin settles...
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I've never heard that, that's scary. I have to admit, I've ridden a lot of frames and done serious time on a few and nothing compares to my now forkless System 6. I had an aluminum custom Simonetti Sprinters frame and it was amazing. Before my system 6 I had a Six13 carbon/aluminum. Carbon down and top tubes, and aluminum rear end (which I tore apart) and that was cool. But, when I got by system 6 as a replacement for the six13 I broke. The difference in ride quality was like day and night. I'd never been on a bike that feels like this. It's like the bike has a motor. It just bursts forward with power. I've also ridden every type of mountain bike you can imagine. And had at least 20k miles on the Simonetti before I broke it, and 7K on the six13. Nothing comes close to how the CF fork/frame act.