I've still got mostly C&V bikes (half a dozen lugged steel frames of various origins) but my favorite riders lately have been 2 titanium road bikes with carbon forks and 9 and 10 speed brifter drivetrains and my titanium mtn bike with old fashioned thumb shifters. I've got one Eddy Merckx frameset I've reserved for a future build and just acquired my first Campy (Centaur drivetrain) to mount on it. We'll see if that gets me riding steel more frequently again.