by This video is interesting! My old steel bike centres much better than my new aluminum frame/ carbon fork one. It's just point and forget, and it feels more secure and safer. In fact, I'm discovering that despite its extra weight, it's much more fun to ride, as it seems to have life and dynamics, a natural springiness, which helps to propel you along. It feels fast and just flies. You can feel this power within the frame, like it has momentum, and with the steel frame's natural springiness, it zooms you along with a bounce, which feels sturdy. It just terrific! It goes! Wow! There are many advocates who prefer steel bikes for this reason, and the modern ones are lighter. It looks like I've become a fan too. I was trying to think what does it remind me of, and I got it, it's a spring
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This video is interesting!
My old steel bike centres much better than my new aluminum frame/ carbon fork one. It's just point and forget, and it feels more secure and safer. In fact, I'm discovering that despite its extra weight, it's much more fun to ride, as it seems to have life and dynamics, a natural springiness, which helps to propel you along. It feels fast and just flies. You can feel this power within the frame, like it has momentum, and with the steel frame's natural springiness, it zooms you along with a bounce, which feels sturdy. It just terrific! It goes! Wow! There are many advocates who prefer steel bikes for this reason, and the modern ones are lighter. It looks like I've become a fan too.
I was trying to think what does it remind me of, and I got it, it's a spring diving board? Years ago in the UK we had real diving boards at the larger swimming pools. They were called spring diving board or springboards. As you run along the board you bounce due to its springiness. When you reach the end of the board the bounce becomes more pronounced, and on the final part of the jump the board imparts its energy into you. Its an amazing feeling as you zoom upwards before diving down. You are literally flying!
As you run along the board you are entirely in sync with the enormous power that is building up, and it feels very secure because you know exactly how to use it. You are at one with it.
So, the steel bike is absorbing energy and given it back at the right points. It feels terrific! You just fly along.