Quote Originally Posted by redrhodie View Post
Well, there really is something about steel! I just got a vintage steel Eddy Merckx for my commuter, and the ride is dreamy. I'm finding not only is it fun to ride and comfortable, but I'm doing stuff I thought was scary on my other bike (alu). Steel is fun!
I certainly found this to be the case. I bought a vintage Trek road bike to single-speed-ify (which didn't work, but that's a whole other story) and found that I REALLY preferred how it rode to my aluminum bike. I would suggest test riding a few high end steel road bikes to confirm your suspicions .

p.s. all my bikes are now steel.. and I don't regret it. Maybe one day I will try CF or titanium, but not until I get a real job (I'm a lowly grad student..) and make some money.