Originally Posted by velocipedio
I would never, ever race a steel bike in cyclo-cross. Steel is heavy. Steel rusts.
<sarcasm>Yeah, those Sachs guys are really slow and they seem to need new frames every other year</sarcasm>
Your statement is patently BS. Steel makes a fine cross bike that will last many seasons longer than an Al bike.
Disclaimer: Both my race and pit bikes are Al. But I lust after Sachs, Vanilla, Zank, DeSalvo, etc. Oooh ... a pair of Ti DeSalvo crossers would be devine!