Originally Posted by
dmarkun
Why is it common to refer to high end aluminum in the bicycle world as alloy, but high end steel is hardly ever called alloy. Like this question from quora: "Which is better chromoly or alloy?"
...if we called these components "aluminum", there would be huge controversy over whether to use the American version, or the UK's "
aluminium". There's already the controversy over "tires" versus "tyres". Why can't everyone just get along ?