>>1991462I'm him, as others have said steel and alu are miles apart, you can feel it immediately. Different steels things get trickier, especially when there is also variation in geometry and components.
My best quality Columbus tubed bike is the Roberts Dogs Bolx picrel, it has a blend of tubing including Max, Max OR and Genius, each tube selected for it's specific properties and the whole bike designed to maximize strength and lightness, the Max Top tube has been ovalized vertically at the head tube end and horizontally at the seat tube, the Max OR downtube has had the same treatment, this serves to increase strength where it matters while allowing him to use suuch lightwight steel, touches like this performed by a master frame builder with years of experience make all the difference. That bike weighs 11.4 KG with Rockshox fitted and has acceleration and climbs like no other bike I tried, except perhaps the Klein Attitude, which is a dead to the touch aluminum masterpiece or racing design. Both bikes feel completely different, and both bikes won multiple World Titles, only the Dogs Bolx is a joy to ride in non race conditions.
