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Ok, maybe I shouldn't attribute that feeling to just the steel then, I'm sure the kinematics are doing most of that work
As has been mentioned, steel does add to that feeling of security that you can ride it hard and should the worst happen, you can get it fixed quite easily compared to alu or carbon
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I'm sorry but this is pure marketing BS and really gets my goat. That "steel is real feel" might have applied when everyone was riding slender 853 Dekerfs with 1.9" tyres at 35 PSI, but since CEN testing came in, tubes have become much stiffer. Never mind the additional stiffness for full sus pivots, bolt-thru axles, longer frames and grippier tyres etc etc.