Oh yeah, I ride an 11 year old Fuji Team Easton aluminum frame. It rides and handles great. And I would love a vintage steel track bike. Hell, and a 4130 80's BMX while we're at it. But that's the point, all frame materials are fine and dandy. And they can all be broken. I would fer sure be more worried about damaging one of those modern steel bikes, that seem to mostly be a design exercise in proving that steel can be almost as light as CF, than a modern, middle of the road carbon frame...