Curmudgeon in Training
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Rural Retreat, VA
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Bikes: 1974 Gazelle Champion Mondial, 2010 Cannondale Trail SL, 1988 Peugeot Nice, 1992ish Stumpjumper Comp,1990's Schwinn Moab
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I think the question is more this: Was steel the primary ride leading up to a total switch to carbon(no other material between)? Was there a decade where we saw steel, carbon, titanium, and aluminum equally represented before the switch to total carbon? I honestly can't come up with a decade of aluminum. For me it's much the same as it is for the OP. I remember steel. I remember carbon. There's a hazy phase in between.
We're not talking the introduction of other materials and their sparse use from the 70's up. What happened when steel stopped being used? Was it a mix of other materials? Did we go straight to carbon as dominant material. I cannot remember aluminum ever being a dominant material.