Originally Posted by geoffvsjeff

The grade of steel is less important than what you do with it. I am not saying that you can take low end 4130 and make a comparable bike to some of the steel exotics that are out there (I put together and tested a Dedaccai EOM road bike that was absolutely amazing), but I don't think the difference between 4130 and 631 is all it is hyped up to be.