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@VanUden
When it comes to frames why, oh why, do people start bitching about materials so much? Hippy, you're a shocker for this. Fact is modern materials can be fantastic (talking carbon, titanium and alu [although it's hardly all that modern]) when it comes to lightness and stiffness - both great for transferring power to performance.
However, one thing that some older, lugged, steel frames do have in abundance that their modern cousins don't have as much of is character. Although if you're competing in a triathlon don't do it on a 1950s Carlton and expect to win. If you're commuting or scooting around town generally and actually have an eye for design, and appreciate history, then dig the Carlton out.
Regardless, either way, you'll be doing whatever you choose to do on a bicycle and surely that's the whole bloody point.