Originally posted by danr
Well, for my riding purposes, this defeats the whole purpose of steel. So I'll agree with you there.
It seems like these people are just buying into some of the hype of the cycling industry. In my opinion, there is much more hype out there besides steel v/s aluminum. To be honest, I believe that the cycling industry is very dependent on hype. If it weren't for hype, they wouldn't sell as many bikes which in turn, they wouldn't have as much money to do research and build better bikes.
If I were working in a bike shop and that same individual walked in and wanted that steel bike that rode just like aluminum but cost more, unless it was a friend of mine, I'd just let them waste their money. Don't get me wrong, I'd still be honest with them. I just don't see a reason to get upset when someone is going to buy into some of the cycling hype. In reality, how many of us really need a bike that expensive to begin with? If you look at it that way, then just about all of it is nothing more than hype.
But as I said before, if you want to go faster and longer, then train faster and longer. The bike will make little difference.
The bike will make little difference?ARE YOU SURE?