On Apr 25, 3:35*am, jim beam wrote:
Tom Sherman wrote:

For value, I think this is much better:
http://www.gunnarbikes.com/crosshairs.php. $1150 for a custom geometry
frame.

what's with this ridiculous steel obsession? *this group has been
grossly infected recently it seems.

That's why I called this thread
WHY A WATERFORD BIKE IS A JOKE

typically, aluminum is:

cheaper
stiffer - and thus more sable for non-freds
lighter
more corrosion resistant.

is there some kind of myopia/ignorance-of-the-facts virus i've been
missing out on?

I have two aliminium bikes which are both eminently satisfactory
except for one detail: the welding on one is ugly and on the other
one, supposed to be smooth, it is still not smooth enough.

Andre Jute
"The brain of an engineer is a delicate instrument instrument which
must be protected against the unevenness of the ground." -- Wifredo-
Pelayo Ricart Medina