Originally Posted by
elcruxio
European touring (trekking) bikes are aluminum about 90% of the time and getting steel here is actually a challenge.
Rubbish. Just a click away to order without tax or customs from many european manufacturers.
One of the most respected European tour bike manufacturer KOGA makes aluminum tour bikes.
They make steel touring bikes as well.
But of course Europe tours on flat bars... Actually to be honest, a steel drop bar touring bike is pretty much an anomaly here,.
Nah, there's quite a few of us here actually.