[klaucke]

Those older carbon bikes ride like dead oxen. I guess the newer carbon bikes are supposed to be better, and I'm sure they are, but I'm a steel man myself. I think they all must be dead feeling. Steal is real.

And, a lugged frame just seems so inefficient to me. Extra weight. TIG'ed just seems like such a better solution (and I own a lugged frame roadie).

But if you like it and it works for your stature, then by all means go for it. If you are just riding for easy leisure it won't matter anyway if it has the stiffness of cooked spaghetti.