Originally Posted by
Retro Grouch
I'm not even going to attempt to correct that misnomer until after I succeed in getting people to stop using the word "alloy" as a synonym for "aluminum".
While I don't disagree, to be fair... the aluminum used in the manufacture of bikes is an alloy. Alloy is generic and could be pretty much anything on the bike made of metal as you're not going to find a part comprised 100% of any single element.