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Well, aluminium is the least forgiving material used to make bike frames, full alloy fork won’t help either. If the bike is fairly cheap you could spend extra cash on carbon fork, seatpost and perhaps handlebar - this would help lessen some of Aluminium harshness.
I think @ElGato was after a Renegate so perhaps he could give some further insight or you could help each other.
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I’m pretty sure a small drop I tire pressure on 40mm tires can suck up any additional vibrations that carbon would have caught.
So there is no aluminum harshness on tires that big. -
As @Pawlus said I was looking at the Renegade, but the Escapade, Reynolds 631 with carbon forks though.
I am not sure how a full alloy frameset might feel but as @Simba suggested, you could get wider tyres providing there is room left on forks and chain stays ( I think the Exile comes with 700x36) and lower the pressure or even get a 27.5 wheelset and fit even wider tyres.
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A shop here in Poland has some crazy deals on some Jamis bikes, including 2017 Renegade Exile for around 360 GBP. I am a bit discouraged by the alloy frame / alloy fork combo, but still tempted for it to replace singlespeed Vitus Dee as my daily all-weather commuter. Do you think I will feel the full-alloy frameset in terms of comfort? Right now Vitus (steel fork with alloy frame) feels noticeably less comfortable than Pickenflick.