DCBassman
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I will say, just to add what little I know, that the only difference I've ever felt, even between two vastly different frames, seems to come from different tyres. My experience is between a moderate steel rigid MTB (Trek), a moderate aluminium hybrid (Raleigh), and a good-for-its-day Scott roadie in 7005 aluminium. The only thing that to me made any difference was tyres.
I'm never, ever going to put out enough power to stress a frame, unless it's made of cheese.
The only bike where I am unsure of the comfort, if you like, is the hardtail Merida currently sat outside. And that is because it is so unlike the other three. Up to that point, with reservations, a bike is a bike is a bike. Modifying it to fit and suit one's needs is what makes it a good bike for you.
I do the same with my electric basses. They are bitsas, to suit me.
So the Trek has much more up to date gearing than its vintage would suggest. The Scott roadie has road gears up front and full-on 9-speed mtb gears out back. Because that suits me.
And, IMHO, once you start doing that sort of pick-and-mix, these "differences" cease to exist.
I'm never, ever going to put out enough power to stress a frame, unless it's made of cheese.
The only bike where I am unsure of the comfort, if you like, is the hardtail Merida currently sat outside. And that is because it is so unlike the other three. Up to that point, with reservations, a bike is a bike is a bike. Modifying it to fit and suit one's needs is what makes it a good bike for you.
I do the same with my electric basses. They are bitsas, to suit me.
So the Trek has much more up to date gearing than its vintage would suggest. The Scott roadie has road gears up front and full-on 9-speed mtb gears out back. Because that suits me.
And, IMHO, once you start doing that sort of pick-and-mix, these "differences" cease to exist.
