It isn't the material, it's what you do with it.A good bike can be made of any material. There are heavy and flexy carbon, aluminum, ti or steel frames and there are light,
stiff and beautifully handling bikes of every material. The difference comes down to a builder’s experience with the material and construction.
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I love detail, but I love understated design even more. Your Vanilla is going to exude care and craftsmanship, but not with gaudy, over the top bling. I’m talking about details that you’ll notice years later as you learn more about the craft and about yourself as a cyclist. Details so subtle and thoroughly done that when your frame is beat up and missing 90% of its paint 100 years down the road someone who knows bikes will look it over and say “that is a fine bicycle”.
– Sacha White
http://www.thevanillaworkshop.com/vanilla-about/