Originally Posted by
Trakhak
Thanks to so many people being fixated on steel bikes (see some of the replies in this thread), you might be able to find a good used aluminum bike in your price range. Going aluminum instead of steel is an easy way to get a lighter bike for a given budget.
not true.... aluminum is not always lighter than steel by any means.....just light carbon is not always lighter than aluminum. there is a directly relations between bike cost and frame weight no matter what material the more expensive the bike the lighter the fram and focusing on the frame alone makes no sense, as it is only a portion of total weight components have to be considered again more expensive components are lighter. so options are find light bike new and pay the price or find light bike used and pay less money than new
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