Originally Posted by
BobbyG
***I have mentioned this elsewhere, but the Charge Plug lineup through model year 2015 is steel. For 2016 they went to aluminum except for the top of the line which according to their website is titanium. Online the frames look pretty close to the steel ones geometry-wise, but I don't know and I haven't ridden any.
My preference is steel. Mine's supposed to be a 2015 and to my eye looks pretty much identical to your bike's 'before' photo: