Originally Posted by
cyccommute
There are very few steel mountain bikes in the catalogs of major producers. That's a trend that has been around since the mid90s.
Yep, since 1997 or so, steel hardtails are either non-existent or only bottom rung in major companies' MTB lineups. I'm glad this trend is showing signs of reversing.
In a perfect world any decent major bike company would offer equal choices of XC hardtails in Steel, Carbon and Aluminum.