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but this is a bike for the track, no?
steel is shit at the track. especially that skinny 531 type crap.... looks pretty, but rides shit.
Oversize steel like JayGee's Roberts is much better, but not a touch on alloy or carbon.
My first season i rode steel... did the job fine, I thought. Then last season I rode my alloy Pinarello. The difference is uncompareable. This season i shall be riding carbon.
They stopped making bikes out of steel for a reason.