...very few people have ridden a bike like Jan suggests so it's hard to accept that there is a difference. A standard dia. 531 tubed bike is built stiffer than Jan's performance based Randonneuring bikes. While I believe humans can adapt to most any thing, there are subtle advantages to the low trail lightweight bike. If all you ride is an Atlantis or LHT you believe that it works well and are probably happy. Through my own experimentation I have found that on mostly road and smooth dirt the lightweight tubed and low trail bikes are optimal for me. When I get in the rougher dirt or for loaded touring it makes less of a difference.
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