The bikes that I liked, with the price and the features that I liked, just happened to be steel. That includes a Worksman cruiser, a Raleigh Sojourn, a CoMotion Primera tandem and a Bike Friday Pocket Rocket. Also note that all but the Raleigh are made in fairly small quantities, and it's easier to do that with steel. There was basically zero thought that went into selecting the frame materials, and if they sold those same bikes made out of something else, that would have been okay, too. I'm currently looking at a Specialized Roubaix as an upgrade, though. Oh yes, I might mention that the Sojourn is now over 50,000 miles and the tandem is over 25,000 miles.
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