I'm not a carbon snob...but sometimes it pays to go where the industry goes.

I like Specialized bikes (yeah, I know...collective "BOOOO") and wanted their top tier road/climbing bike...which happens to be the Tarmac. Nothing against an Allez...they just obviously put most of their efforts in the Tarmac line. I test rode a Tarmac and loved it...so I bought it. I also went with carbon soled shoes...again, you want top tier road shoes, best bet is that its going to have a carbon sole. I wanted light SPD-SL pedals...again, I went with Carbon Ultegra pedals. It is what it is I guess, my choices were rather limited.

So no...I'm not a carbon snob, I love all bikes and definitely respect a steel/Ti/Alu frame. Honestly...I've been drooling over good Ti frames for some time now...