Originally Posted by
indyfabz
Now I get the motivation behind this thread. Thanks for not starting a generic “Best Frame Material?” thread. This place needs a new take on that topic.
I've got a steel bike with carbon handlebars, fork, crank, and seatpost. I'd consider wheels but the aluminum ones I have aren't bad.
I figure the realness of the steel is cancelling out the explodo tendencies of the carbon. Like the ghost of a long ago Italian framebuilder locked in eternal combat with plastic man.
(Comic nerds, I didn't check if there is a character named plastic man. I imagine there is, somewhere).