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 ...

Frame Builder Interview: The manufacture of hand made bike frames is a combination of artist and engineer with an understanding of ergonomics and bike geometry, and one exponent of the art is Kelly ...

When it comes to bike frame materials, aluminium is often considered the poor relation of carbon, titanium and even steel. But aluminium bikes can be as light as carbon ones, cost less and be more ...