I bought a fuji cross bike last fall. I put on a cheap set of smooth 25x700 tire and have been doing a lot of road riding with it. I've been thinking about getting a nice carbon road bike, thinking the carbon frame would give me a more comfortable ride. After about 30 mi on the crappy roads around here my hands/feet start to feel it.
I just test road a trek madone 5.2, and a cervelo r3. Both very nice bikes to be sure, but to be honest there wasn't much of a difference in feel between them and my $900 fuji. Maybe its just hard to tell from a test ride?
One other thing, both of those bikes were probable 10 pounds lighter than my bike. But again when I was riding the bikes I really couldn't feel a big difference that I thought I would.
Now I'm not really sure what to do. Keep mine, and forget about it, look at aluminum frame road bikes, or go with a nice carbon bike and hope it will be worth it the more I ride.
I just test road a trek madone 5.2, and a cervelo r3. Both very nice bikes to be sure, but to be honest there wasn't much of a difference in feel between them and my $900 fuji. Maybe its just hard to tell from a test ride?
One other thing, both of those bikes were probable 10 pounds lighter than my bike. But again when I was riding the bikes I really couldn't feel a big difference that I thought I would.
Now I'm not really sure what to do. Keep mine, and forget about it, look at aluminum frame road bikes, or go with a nice carbon bike and hope it will be worth it the more I ride.