>>1209969Steel, 100% frames this brand and in this price range are steel. For some reason they consider aluminium "premium".
>Have you considered getting a smaller front chainring?That's an interesting idea, but I would rather be absolutely sure I cannot go for 8 speeds. A modern road hub wheel is wasted on me. It'll suck if I have to retrue the wheel as I don't have the truing stand and I hate diy shit. I'll measure the inside of the hub later today.
>>1209999>>1210000I would say blue tape and black everything else, because at least it tries to make up for that retarded color scheme with all that blue back there and nowhere else. Shame frame is mostly black and not white, it would look like Williams Renault.