Originally Posted by
Hirohsima
Bikeforums are full of arm-chair scientists who have some whacked-out love of 4130 and Reynolds 531 steel (basically the same).
All this "steel is real" / "steel is the best" crap on this forum makes me feel like I am in the SS/FG forum. People do realize that failures of aluminum and carbon are because people hit things right??? When you hit things, they break.
youre talking about the people who ride to ride, not ride to look the part?
steel rides well. steel fatigues and repairs well. there is no mystery behind steel. its cool you and your father can afford high end stuff. steal is cheap. steel, while not at the cutting edge of technology, is just fine for the 99.999999% that dont get paid to ride a bike.
steel isnt perfect, but it isnt the dinosaur youre making it out to be.