Over the summer I fixed up my Italian steel Columbus SL lugged frame bike, put 10 speed wheels on it but kept just about everything else original. I took it for a ride in the park, the closed 3.3 mile loop that I do laps on all the time. After 2 rides, I put it down in the basement again and got on my carbon fiber bike, and I haven't been on steel again since. Even though that steel bike was my pride and joy in its time, it just doesn't ride as well as carbon.