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Disclaimer: I can't find a thread on this elsewhere on the site, but if you know of one I can close this and move to that.
I've noticed that there are some really beautiful aluminium frames being released now which have changed in design a bit from those of a few years back, so now on paper you get the best of both worlds: slim stays and top tube for some flex (usually + carbon seat post), but mega stiff down tube / BB for awesome power transfer.
And these are seriously light bikes. I don't have the cash to splash on a new roadie at the moment but I'd seriously consider the new Canyon with ultegra or one of the CAAD canondales. Really light, great kit, comparitively great value. Not a bike for chilling on, but for wheeling out when you want to hammer it, they look awesome.
What do you reckon? Last cries of a dead material? Or making a fightback? Or am I the only f*cker boring enough to care....