Originally Posted by
FBinNY
The real answer depends on who you ask.
To a chemist or metalurgist, an alloy is any mix of two metals.
In the bicycle trade, it's shorthand for "light alloy" meaning aluminum, or more specifically an aluminum alloy of some kind (there are many aluminum alloys).
I knew I could count on one of my NY folks to help me get it straight ('m a born and raised New Yorker), thanks.
The Rivendell site has one set in CroMo for $68.00, and another set in Aluminum they're selling for $90.00, but the set on Amazon is only $60.00 so I wanted to make sure they were not steel (or CroMo).