Quote Originally Posted by lph View Post
I have very little experience with road bikes, but I bought a used road bike based on it fitting me fairly well, it had a reasonable price and decent components (105). (And it was red, let's not forget I got a good position after switching the saddle and stem, but I'll admit that the aluminium is a harsh ride, even with a carbon fork. My road bike is a blast to ride, but the frame is def. more unforgiving than both my steel and my aluminium mtb.
It may be that my core just wasn't strong enough, but my wrists just went numb and hurt on aluminum with carbon fiber fork only... carbon seatstays helped a lot, carbon handlebars, also a lot... building up the core helped, but so did no longer riding aluminum bikes. ti or carbon or steel for me now.