It seems like it's getting harder and harder to find a good quality aluminum frameset these days, that isn't from some boutique company, costing an arm & a leg. It seems like all you can get, from the big bike makers, in terms of aluminum frames, are complete bikes with parts you'd end up switching out, anyway.

I guess carbon is the way of to go these days. Does anyone else have a fondness for aluminum frames? Or am I just cheap and old?