Bikes are more than the sum of their parts...
Frame material need not become 'religion'. Nor is a crusade needed for any tube.
Dogma and rationalization are one of the major human flaws.
I have too many bikes. They are all pretty great. If I had only one of them, I'd prolly get through ok. I have too many bikes.
All the materials have their advantages, strengths, weaknesses and disadvantages, so picking something is never perfect.
But that's inferred, since the entire Universe is 'imperfect', everything.
What I choose today is different from what I chose 25 yrs ago; and will not matter 25 yrs from now.
A few bikes is a good/nice thing. Too many bikes is stressful, attention diverting, lose of focus of what the 'bike' really brings to each of us.
'Riding' has very little to do with how many bikes I have.
Riding is always better than not riding, regardless of what I ride.
I have too many bikes.
RIDE on
Yuri