Well this is controversial

[Alex321]

"Well this is controversial" Not really, i have seen loads of articles like this written about carbon fibre
At nearly seventy one and not doing the long rides i used to do if my ten year old Giant Defy CF bike broke today i would probably just buy an alloy bike as the price of CF bikes has shot up.

Have they?

You can get a Boardman CF for £1200 from Tredz (with a number of alu frame bikes with similar component levels costing significantly more), and several others for under £2000.

The current nearest equivalent of the Cube Attain GTC I paid £2100 for in August 2021 is now £1499 (105 11 speed mechanical) from Sigma Sports, with a 105 Di2 version for £2000. Both CF.

 

[DaveReading]

Don't forget Filton and Chester in the UK.

Indeed so.

I was being lazy and using "built" in the sense of final assembly. Manufacturing does, of course, take place in many locations, most notably the wings at Broughton.

Oh, and I was only joking about Toulouse-assembled examples being inferior.

 

[Lone Wolf]

For your consideration. Assume for purposes of discussion that there exists a bike manufacturer that can make 4 identical bikes. They all have the same geometry, aerodynamic features, weight, group set, etc.. The only difference in each bike is the frame material of construction. The materials are steel, CF, aluminum and titanium. They are also, priced the same.
Which one would you buy and why?

531 Steel. Because I trust it 🤷‍♀️