As im building a roadbike on a budget and cant afford a full carbon frame ive been thinking that I will get an old steel frame (but a nice one in its day) and build it up with modern components. The reason being as aluminium frames can be so harsh they just arent comfortable over long distances especially on some of our terrible roads.
I assumed (probebly wrongly) that although the bike would suffer a weight penalty, the modern components would mean you would have something practical for your sole bike, that would be nice to ride and only a relatively small compromise.
However after reading this on the road bike for under £1000 thread i think maybe that assumption is wrong?
"A shitty frame with great parts will always be a shitty bike. A good frame with cheap parts will always be a great bike, one which can always be improved. "
What do you think?
I do wonder if it comes from magazine reviews - you'll often see "This bike has a frame worthy of upgrades" or "This bike isn't worth upgrading", which works, so long as you're of the mind that you'll never change the frame - with the advent of fairly cheap frames, it's not that unlikely anymore.
