Oh, I am pretty sure he was no longer on the bike by the time it bent!

I love my steel frames, don't get me wrong, but I kind of think there are just as many ridiculous claims made about steel as there are about carbon fiber and aluminum and everything else. For one, the idea that if your steel frame gets broken or bent you can just have it fixed -- most frame shops are going to refuse to do that, and they will advise you to buy a new frame.

And we've had two steel forks fail.