Choosing your road bike frame
Choosing your
bike frame is essential as it's the centerpiece of a
bike that connects all the parts together.
Size is the first thing to take into account when choosing your frame. This one must be perfectly adapted to your morphology in order to bring you performance and comfort.
Then you have to choose the material carefully because it's also very important depending on what you're looking for.
There are mainly four types of materials: steel, aluminium, titanium and carbon. The two materials used today are mostly carbon and aluminium .
Advantages of carbon:
- its lightness, about twice as light as aluminium and five times lighter than a steel frame.
- its resistance to corrosion.
- its flexibility, it's more resistant to traction than aluminium.
- comfort
Advantage of aluminium:
- its price is often more attractive
- its reasonable weight, although heavier than carbon
- more resistant to heavy shocks
The ideal frame is therefore a solid, comfortable and lightweight frame.
You'll make your choice according to your bike practice; If you're looking for performance and/or competitive use, a carbon frame will be the obvious choice; For a more casual use and a more limited budget, an aluminium frame will be a good compromise.
In any case, choose a frame with measurements adapted to your size.
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