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12-05-08 | 04:01 PM

#26

furiousferret

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I always thought Steel was the old mans material. No one under 40 says, 'steel is real'.

12-05-08 | 04:10 PM

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SushiJoe

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Originally Posted by furiousferret

I always thought Steel was the old mans material. No one under 40 says, 'steel is real'.

I know a guy who's in his early 30s who says it all the time. He's got a steel Indy Fab and a steel Surly. And he's a ride-no-matter-the-weather kind of guy. Not that has anything to do with steel being real, I just felt like throwing that in there.

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12-05-08 | 04:11 PM

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I like bike frames. They're good.

12-05-08 | 04:15 PM

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JeffS

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Quote:

Originally Posted by furiousferret

I always thought Steel was the old mans material. No one under 40 says, 'steel is real'.

I think you have that backwards. People under 40 (and the entire FG forum) say in incessantly while people over 40 don't need to.

12-05-08 | 04:15 PM

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caloso

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Originally Posted by furiousferret

I always thought Steel was the old mans material. No one under 40 says, 'steel is real'.

I was going to post an indignant reply, and then I remembered I was born in '67.

12-05-08 | 04:16 PM

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I like bike frames. They're good.

Me too. It'd be hard to race without them.

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12-05-08 | 04:58 PM

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Hate to say it but it does not matter what you ride. Ally- steel- CF- Ti---- as long as it rides well.

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12-05-08 | 05:11 PM

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SSRI

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Originally Posted by tkehler

Also 45, also ti.
PS -- why do older riders go for ti?
Because they can afford it whereas a 22 year old can't?
Because they've learned to value quality?
Because they know that something that's, uh, er, juuuuust a little softer than the hardest material is still going to work?

Because they are saving their joints?

I am with you I cant affort ti (nor Al) when I was 18, bought a steel centurion instead, cant afford ti when I was 20 (sold the centurion) and build up a low end italian frame. ( I though 20lbs was a light bike)

after thining out my stable this year all my main rides are Ti...(no paint to chip, rust to worry)

IMHO if you have to own one bike I would go Ti.

and I am under 40.

12-05-08 | 05:26 PM

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bikeride

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Can we move this to the Old Geezers forum?

12-05-08 | 05:31 PM

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Farby

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28, i have ti and aluminum.

12-05-08 | 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by bikeride

Can we move this to the Old Geezers forum?

No, but you can move to the Young Whippersnappers forum!

12-05-08 | 06:03 PM

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I currently have carbon . . . and love it. But titanium is a fine material for bikes.

12-05-08 | 06:09 PM

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mattm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by furiousferret

I always thought Steel was the old mans material. No one under 40 says, 'steel is real'.

i say it, as a joke - although after the LBS bent my bike back into shape after being hit by a car, i think the saying has some merrit.

all four of my bikes are steel - and when i get a new one, it'll be either Ti or steel.

(oh, and i'm 30)

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12-05-08 | 06:15 PM

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I'm 40 and went with Ti, the finance manager at home said I had to get a frame for life, plus it was also lighter than carbon.

12-05-08 | 06:21 PM

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Hammertoe

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From: Struggling up a hillside in Vermont, USA... ..........................................

I'm in my 40's...

Steel, Aluminum and Carbon frames...

No Ti...

I mostly ride Carbon...

But of course it is all about the engine...

Nothing better than putting those young whipper snappers in their place...

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12-05-08 | 06:31 PM

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doskiez

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Originally Posted by Erik B

I'm goofily proportioned, custom Ti was cheaper than custom CF.
Factory CF generally starts out as a Rivendellish fit for me. Do not want

What exactly makes one "goofifly proportioned"?

12-05-08 | 06:54 PM

#42

Randochap

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56. Steel and, as of last summer, ti.

Love my ti. No lie.

12-05-08 | 07:04 PM

#43

haimtoeg

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Originally Posted by roadiejorge

Will the air displaced by you zooming past be enough to knock me off my bicycle? I just want to make sure so I can start riding my heavier steel bike instead of my CF bike.

Hot air goes straight up, you are safe.

12-05-08 | 07:05 PM

#44

55/Rad

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48 years young.

1 full Ti.
2 full carbon
6 full steel
1 half carbon, half Ti. (Okay, I'm not actually riding this one...yet)

No more aluminum. I'm done with that.

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12-05-08 | 07:10 PM

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haimtoeg

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I am 49, I have one steel bike, two aluminum bikes (one SS the other mostly confined to the trainer) and one magnesium. I am contemplating the purchase of a CF bike, maybe a Pedal Force is in the cards.

12-05-08 | 07:15 PM

#46

dewaday

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Just got to 50.

1 aluminum for abusing in nasty weather and winter.
1 steel for Sunday cruising with the misses.
1 carbon for pretending I'm going fast.

Did look at a ti Serotta last summer, some day...some day.

12-05-08 | 10:36 PM

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Kai Winters

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Over 50 and prefer unobtanium but as yet it is still unavailable.
Currently on Ti for its' ride and durability.
Would love to own a Carbon Colnago but that is for another time...maybe next year
I ride a 48cm frame and aluminum is damned stiff and unforgiving in that size for a road bike...I love my Red Line Conquest Pro al cross frame.

12-05-08 | 10:44 PM

#48

uke

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Quote:

Originally Posted by furiousferret

I always thought Steel was the old mans material. No one under 40 says, 'steel is real'.

I'm under 25, and appreciate the smoother ride I get from the steel Coda than that I get from the aluminum Forge, though I can't say how much of it is the frame vs. the tires vs. the geometry. One thing I do love about steel bikes is that they generally have the thinnest tubes, which I find aesthetically pleasing.