Originally Posted by
Kayce
Weight matters very little on the track. Stiffness matters a lot. An aluminum frame can be made much stiffer than a steel one.
stiffer maybe, -- but better? that's subjective ---- I wouldn't trade my Waterford Track for 5 alloy bikes -- anyone who rides a nice Don Walker, Yamaguchi , or other good steel frames might feel the same way
not every situation dictates using a bike you'd use for a max effort kilo (but if I were, admittedly I'd go for something like a Tiemeyer AL or a Dolan carbon -- Corima still being a dream rig if I had a spare 8 or 9k laying around, but I don't)