Originally Posted by
Retro Grouch
Because you've taken a perfectly good word and changed it's meaning. Without the "aluminum" "steel" or "titanium" modifier the word "alloy" is meaningless. It definitely does not mean "aluminum" except to people who don't know what they're talking about.
This one was very misleading to me. Early on in my return to biking I kept hearing people talk about alloy this and alloy that and I kept thinking "alloy of what?"