Confess about your geared ride

Fair enough. But what I've been trying to say - perhaps not very eloquently - is that some people still seem to like riding older steel bikes. Some other people find this hard to understand. I'm suggesting that one reason could be that pound for pound (£) they might actually be better suited to some kinds of riding than a very stiff, steep-geometry modern road frame made of an inherently stiffer material (weight for weight) such as aluminium - the kind of bikes, in fact, that I see lined up in the windows of bikes shops near me, and lined up at traffic lights on my morning commute.

I sort of agree.

I think when most ppl talk about materials they also mix in style of frame. I doubt they actually mean take 2 sets of tubing, identical in every way bar material and build 2 identical frames and bikes. What they're really getting at is there is a difference between an older style steel frame and modern alu ones... and some prefer the former.

I've recently started to convert... but most of that is due to the hassle of trying to change bars/stems. If I had the cash for a bike fit and only done it once I'd prolly still be all over the old skool.

Edit: mos def agree on the £ point. Plus classic frames hold their value.