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Long Live Aluminum Frames..................!
My favorite bike is my custom Kirk, second favorite a custom built by myself (I have 15 frames under my belt). However, if I were to get back to road racing full time, I can't see why I would want to race on anything but aluminum. I just refinished and built up an aluminum frame I've had for about 8 years (low miles, scored a generic for my son back then). Rode it today with a carbon Ritchey fork, and a set of 40 MM deep carbon tubulars wheels - Veloflex Vlanderen tires, and the ride was perfect. Stiff, light, and the wheels make you forget you're on aluminum. Oh, and inexpensive too. Makes me think of calling Nate Zukas and ordering something up - almost inspiration to get fit.............
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Put me in the aluminum fan club. I love my Yeti arc-x and lust for a pegoretti team.
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Caad 10 and Zanconato here, both great bikes
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AL is easily my favorite material right now. I would totally just have AL bikes and be very happy.
All the "they ride harsh" things are from people that have not been on a modern AL bike. My rock lobster rides better than most steel bikes I ever had if not better, and same with carbon. Alum is cheap, can be made very light, I am not sure why its not a more popular material. |
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Been riding my aluminum Klein for 20 years. I've ridden it tens of thousands of miles and thrashed it in many races (thrashed not crashed). I can't say it is "smooth" but it is fast on the flats and the climbs and has been damn reliable.
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My first road bike that I logged significant miles on was a circa 1990 aluminum Trek 1000. It was probably a little too big for me and I felt like I’d been beaten by a baseball bat after a long ride. I rode it for years (primarily a mountain biker around that time) thinking that was how road bikes were supposed to be. Unfortunately that soured me on aluminum frames. With that being said, fast forward a few years and my race bike was an aluminum Wilier which was and still is (still have it and ride it) a great riding and handling bike.
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Also loving my aluminum Rock Lobster. Main bike for the last 4 years or so. Fast, light, comfortable.
Last edited by jtbadge; 10-25-2020 at 05:01 PM. |
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I had a Carrera AL bike for a few years and it was one of my favs for fast group rides. The ride was stiff but precise and was very responsive. Rode it with 27's in rear and 25's out front. Was a great ride with the CF rear.
Ended up cracking where the CF wishbone/ ST junction. |
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I got this Carrera Drago back in 1996. I consider it to be the best all around road/race bike that I have ever owned. I have steel bikes that are more comfortable for 100 miles, carbon bikes that are lighter, etc, but this one combines all of the high spots in perfect balance.
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That said, plenty of nice higher end stuff still out there. Rock lobster for example. I love it because its not precious like some carbon/steel and ti bikes. People buy em and ride the crap out of them. |
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Doubled up post
Last edited by skiezo; 10-25-2020 at 07:25 PM. |
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aluminum, more than just for beer cans.
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My CAAD 9 is patiently waiting on the wall.
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Same here. My 1997 Klein quantum race has been ridden many tens of thousands of miles over the years and it’s still going strong. It has a little patina, but I still enjoy riding it.
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