Every bike curmudgeon on the internet will grumble "steel is real" if you trot out an old frame. Steel frames last forever, you're told, and are easily repaired if anything breaks. Well, my old steel ...

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For around a century, steel was the preferred material for bike frames. That changed towards the end of the 20th century, when first aluminium and then carbon fibre supplanted steel at the top of the ...

Despite growing up without a bike of his own, Paul Ketelaar is now at the forefront of a movement seeking to remind people of the bikes of yesteryear. For a market Mr Ketelaar said was saturated by ...

“Riding a good steel bike, I tell you, is the closest thing to flying without leaving the planet. Go out there and ride that thing, and see what I mean.” So ended my call with bike builder Bradley ...

There are all sorts of half-truths and downright myths spread about what’s the best bike frame material: aluminium ones are harsh; steel and titanium bikes are springy; carbon-fibre frames outrank any ...

Buying a bike, whether for the road, trails or track, can be a confusing business and one of the most fundamental decisions to make is which frame material to opt for. Quiz any three cyclists on this ...