Originally Posted by
bigtea
It's unfortunate that labor costs have made ti bikes so expensive. There's a whole new generation of cyclists who have never ridden a metal frame. Marketing campaigns overwhelm with a message that carbon is the choice of pros, and that we should all ride what the pros ride.
You have to realise not everyone listens to what marketing campaigns say.
Originally Posted by
bigtea
Remember that the best bike you can buy is the one can ride for the rest of your life.
You can do that with steel, aluminum, and to some extent today, carbon fibre. Now I need to wait for some lame idiot to complain that steel rust, aluminum cracks, and carbon explodes.