Originally Posted by
RobbieTunes
Now, hands down.
Not even close.
+1,
I believe Robbie is right. For steel bikes, time has not stood still, improvements in design have occurred. Consider: I may love my Nishiki Medalist and the teal Centurion Iron Man best and my 92 Schwinn Paramount PDG may be the prettiest bike I own (including all the plastic and alloy bikes), but the 01 Bianchi Campione is the bike I'd ride if I was told I had to ride steel and keep up with a fast pace line. And that's a 14 year old, lower end steel bike, but it will out perform any of the steel bikes I have including those that I've upgraded to STI/brifter bikes. I would love to get my hands on a new steel bike that's higher end, but I can't afford it.