Originally Posted by
spare_wheel
Mainstream brands pimp alu and carbon. QBP found a steel niche and exploited it well with it's "racing sucks" bike-fashion campaign (Riv without lugs). Personally, I will never purchase another metal bike again...but to each their own.
Pretty much, just 180° as I have absolutely no reason to spend 2-3x as much on a carbon frame. *shrugs* Then again, I'd rather have half a dozen steel bikes than a couple carbon bikes (that's my budget). Even if I wanted a race bike, I'd buy a CAAD or something, so metal for me.
I don't know, I might pick up a carbon bike on discount some year, like a Wilier or Focus online or something. Not in any hurry though. Even then, I'd only do it for the sake of having something different to ride once in a while.