Carbon Component Selection Help

This is the Bling. You will lower your aluminum shields and be assimilated.

Resistance is futile.

artemidorus said:

Carbon components do nothing to reduce the displacement of your bike seat, bars or pedals as you go over a bump. Effectively, all non-suspended frames and all wheels have no vertical compliance. The only differences that you can make are through fatter, lower-pressure tyres, suspension (fork, seatpost, flexible seat-beam or rear), more seat padding and thicker bar/glove padding (although I think that the seat and glove padding would contribute relatively less).
Don't waste your money on carbon unless you can't resist the bling.

Ah, you haven't ridden a beam frame, have you?

On the contrary, my Foil does a very good job cushioning the seat from road vibration. There is enough give in the beam to dampen a fair amount of high frequency vibration. It's kind to the behind.

JohnO said:

Ah, you haven't ridden a beam frame, have you?

On the contrary, my Foil does a very good job cushioning the seat from road vibration. There is enough give in the beam to dampen a fair amount of high frequency vibration. It's kind to the behind.

BEAM me up Scotty!!

.........you ring, we bling!

JohnO said:

Ah, you haven't ridden a beam frame, have you?

On the contrary, my Foil does a very good job cushioning the seat from road vibration. There is enough give in the beam to dampen a fair amount of high frequency vibration. It's kind to the behind.

If you read my post, you'll see that I did count a seat beam as a kind of suspension.

JohnO said:

This is the Bling. You will lower your aluminum shields and be assimilated.

Resistance is futile.

Ready and willing: where's that 595?