Originally Posted by galen_52657
I had a 1990 Bianchi Giro with SP tubing.....is that 'old school' enough? If I was 5'9" @ 170 lbs or so, rode a 56 cm frame and generate maybe 350 watts I would make do with an 'average' frame. But seeing as I am 6'4" @ 196 and generate over 500 watts, I need a way better than 'average' frame. Hence, the CF.
SP was standadrd diameter and in no way compares to stuff like Max that the Merckx and a few others were built with.It was the choice of big heavy riders when the pros were still riding steel. I suspect you bad mouth steel without really having a clue, as the current post post suggest.