Wilde frames look super nice, definitely a step above my all-city gorilla monsoon. I have a thing for metal frames but they are heavy, my gravel bike weighs in at 26 lbs and my mtb (Starling Murmur) weighs 35 lbs. Love the ride feel of steel and ive had carbon components fail catastrophically on me before.

@Voldemort Who made your custom ti frame? $10k is definitely pretty blingy, you must have red/dura-ace + fancy wheels + other candy on there. Share your build!

I have a gravel bike and a full-sus mountain bike, both steel frames with custom part builds but they were more in the $4-6k range each. I ride 3-4 times per week so it's worth it to me. Previously my car cost less than either of my bikes until I crashed it and had to get something newer.

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