I not opposed to an aluminum road frame, in fact I'm kinda intrigued by it, but I just don't want a carbon fork. Not sure if there's any way around this?
I know the good old ALAN and Vitus bikes had an alloy front, but the sizes I ride might be too tall for lugged aluminum.
Actually my fascination is mostly centered around the Merckx offerings of the last 10-15 years, all of which had horizontal toptube in my size, plus some really nice paint jobs. That said, I'd never ridden any road bikes in aluminum (or carbon).
The obvious venue for trying it out on this continent would be Cannondale. While they undoubtedly are great performers from a company with huge experience in alloy bike frames, well, I'm just not drawn towards them.