Road Cycling - frame materal

Whats your bike made from?
Steel
Aluminum
Carbon
Titanium
Other

It might be more useful to repost this thread as a poll. Anyhow, my various bikes are Full Carbon, Carbon with Alu lugs and Aluminium.

CHEERS.

Mark

Bike#1 - Steel - Columbus/Tange Mix
Bike#2 - Aluminum
Bike#3 - Steel - Reynolds

"Steel is real!!"

Both bikes are Steel
one Reynold 531 the other I believe is
Columbus SL.

Marty

My bike is made from blueberry pancakes. They are a little stale after 6 years but still eatible. If I get hungry on a ride I can just take a bite out of the top tube :-)

My bike is made from blueberry pancakes. They are a little stale after 6 years but still eatible. If I get hungry on a ride I can just take a bite out of the top tube :-)
Your post matches your picture. :D

All road bikes, mtb's, and fixie are steel.

Tandem is aluminum.

Road bikes: I have one full carbon, one full Ti, one Reynolds 853

Mtn bikes: one Aluminum FS bike, one Tange Prestige steel hardtail (commuter).

Mmmm, blueberry bicycles.. :)

Jay

Road Bikes: One full Ti, one Columbus SL, one Reynolds 853 Select
Tandem: Steel (either Reynolds 531 or Columbus SP)

aluminum, aluminum, aluminum, aluminum, aluminum, and steel (Hi-ten steel... not even cromoly!)

I forgot to check the poll box but so far its 11 steel,2 carbon,6 alum and 1 Ti.I'm a little surprised at all the steel.Happy since i have one but figured a ton more alum.

Add one more Ti

See below.

853 Steel on the Lemond, Tange Steel, on the Centurion, and CroMo I believe on the GT MTB beater

Jeff

bike 1: aluminum
bike 2: air

Road bike is alum. with carbon fork.
SS is steel with a carbon fork.
Mountain bike is Ti.

My roadie is steel.

I'm almost ashamed at this but:
road: main bike is steel, TT bike is aluminum, tandem is aluminum
MTB: aluminum and aluminum
fixies: steel and steel
Cross: "big tube" aluminum and "glued and screwed" aluminum

Steel.

1 Ti
1 steel

Aluminum Cannondale
Aluminum Orbea
Tange Prestige Schwinn (Steel)
Columbus Steel Guerciotti

Aluminum Allez
Aluminum Fetish (new roadie)
Aluminum Iguana (mtb)
Steel Triomphe (fixie)

Giant OCR1- Aluminum with carbon fork
Peugeot - Lugged Steel
Norco Rideau -Cromoloy Steel, TIG welded

I'd like to know from the riders who have a steel and carbon or steel and Ti how they compare since you ride both?

1. Aluminium - Dawes Giro road bike
2. Steel - Old Peugeot 10 speed frame converted to more modern road components
3. Aluminium & steel - Miyata "frankenbike" wierd hybrid parts combo, vaguely road bike. Great ride though
4. Steel - Schwinn Traveller III inc. original steel rims! 10 speed cheap classic


Bikes 1 & 2 are my mainstay bikes in the UK and get roughly equal use

3 & 4 live at our place in Los Angeles and see less action (sadly).

Road bike: Carbon (Trek 5200)
MTB: Aluminum (Specialized FSR XC)
Beater: Aluminum (Cannondale R500)

Aluminum (S-Works)
Carbon (Trek 5900)

Back in '97 I thought I would get modern and add a Specailized Allez to my Paramount. After one long ride in the rolling hills east of Plano I sold the Allez. It was horrible. Been on steel ever since.

Back in '97 I thought I would get modern and add a Specailized Allez to my Paramount. After one long ride in the rolling hills east of Plano I sold the Allez. It was horrible. Been on steel ever since.

Paramount, if that Allez would have been a 1986 Allez SE (steel) you would still have it. That is one sweet ride. :)

Unfortunately, it was a new aluminum frame Allez. Worst riding bike I have ever been on. Every crack and pebble in the road was magnified and transmitted to my butt. Incredibly harsh ride. However, I agree about the older steel Allez. I have a 60cm model from the late 80's I picked up at a yard sale hanging in the garage until this spring when I can sell it on eBay. Terrific rides. BTW, I am a teacher so appreciate your quote from GBS.

Well its around 3 carbon,4 Ti,19 alum and 26 steel.Anyone suprised?Kind of a lot of people voice that they dont like steel because of this and that.Would that be from alum riders?Just asking.Why not more carbon and Ti,because of $ or just not sure of it yet?