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Re:Why did we wait so long for the bicycle? (2019) by Mawr on Thursday March 21, 2024 @05:57PM (#39784895)
> I did a (non-blind) comparison of steel versus carbon fiber, and they felt very different to me.

Meaning, you switched out the frame on a bike from steel to carbon, keeping everything else, and felt a difference?

Re:Why did we wait so long for the bicycle? (2019) by isthatafact on Friday March 22, 2024 @04:59AM (#39788687)
I did not mean to imply that I had, but with the billions spent by the fitness cycling industry pushing out "cheap" aluminium and carbon fiber frames against the popular "myth" that steel feels smoother, you would expect that someone would make the effort to do a reliable test, assuming it really is a myth.