Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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I rode a $1,500 aluminum bike and a $6,000 one… and things got awkward.
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Aluminum bikes have always had a reputation problem. Cheap, harsh, and second-best to carbon.
So I rode a $1,500 aluminum gravel bike and a $6,000 aluminum gravel bike back-to-back on the same course to see if the difference is actually real… or if we’ve all been overspending