It might look good, but won’t be as fast as carbon. You know this.
If you ever come 2nd by a tyre width, you may end up hating the bike.
But then again, it does give you a brilliant racers excuse.
And whenever you win, you can come on here and tell us how you smoked some MAMILs on Cervelos on your steel ego chariot.
In reality, what does a decent steel frame weigh?
Quick look here…
http://www.enigmabikes.com/bike/bike-enigma-extensor.html
1530g for £1589. Just over a pound per gram.. For steel.. 😯
A decent carbon frame would shave off 300g easy. Probably be a fair bit stiffer too. But it wouldn’t make a massive difference.