I clicked on this thread hoping I'd stumble across a good way to describe the feel of the ceramic frames. I *know* exactly what they feel like, and they feel like each other, but I am unable to describe it. I sometimes want to say that a ceramic feels stiffer than it really is. I also want to say that they give less feedback than other contemporary composites, but I don't mean in the muted way modern frames, with modern damping materials and techniques, reduce feedback. It's more like I have less of a sense of where the frame is flexing, sometimes so much less that it seems like it isn't flexing. Could it be that there is less residual vibration, given similar flex and mass?
I've never felt a "ping" from a ceramic frame, but they don't have the deep "thunk" of a heavy, flexible, non-ceramic composite.
The Spectrum was ceramic. It had a little bit of just about everything else, too. My Spectrum feels stiffer to me than my Graphite Comps (immediate predecessor, same mold, plays similar, 80% graphite & 20% fiberglass), but there may not be much actual difference in their flex.