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@kerley
Yep buy it. Why stick with steel, alu makes a stiffer, lighter frame. And in my recent experience the whole comfort thing is unproven as my stiff alu track frame is just as comfortable as the butted steel frame it replaced.
The sceptics/engineers seriously question whether the human body could detect the difference in frame materials anyway (no machine can), given that the tyres are absorbing shock, what else is there to feel?
Don't tell anyone I said that though as there are a lot of believers here :-)