Carrera Vulcan feels much better to ride than Boardman?

Shez91

I recently purchased a Chris Boardman Comp 2010 mountain bike.

I mainly ride on road routes and the odd gravelly trail and I've found that my Carrera Vulcan feels so much better to ride than the Boardman, I am thinking the main reason for this is the frame size is small on the Boardman and medium on the Carrera which is the size I require, I did a bit of reading up on this before purchasing and the general thoughts where that riding a bike with a smaller frame isn't really a problem as long as it feels fine to you, which it did.

Any other factors that could affect this?

Greer_

Well a bike that fits will feel better than one that doesn't .... Theres a reason you get different frame sizes!

Some people will be on the border of frame sizes and prefer to have the smaller frame as its lighter and more easy to chuck about.

oodboo

Shez91 wrote:

Any other factors that could affect this?

Lots

Fork set up
Tyre pressure
bar width
top tube length
saddle
stem length
etc
etc

A bike that fits will always feel better than a bike that doesn't.

dhobiwallah

When reviewing in the mags they regularly change tyres, bars width and even stems to compare bikes. As has been said fork/shock setup needs to be sorted too. Having said that, you may just prefer the Vulcan.......

waby1234

Objectively the Boardman is better. Subjectively that may not be the case.