Originally Posted by
531phile
I hear good things with modern aluminum frames with carbon stays and carbon forks. I love steel bicycles and swore off aluminum frames, but I find myself eyeballing these multi-material frames. Companies like Specialized make them.
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Carbon stays on aluminum is really a gimmick. Several companies did that a few years ago and gave up because they don't really do much. Specialized and a couple of others however do it on select models most likely just to make them different.