I am looking at producing and selling some road bike frames. I wanted to know what the general concensus is on a road bike frame that is made of carbon and steel. The top tube, seat tube and seat stays will be carbon and the rest Reynolds 853. Where the steel meets with the carbon seat and top tube there would be some nice artistic cutting of the steel and not just a straight line.
Since Aluminun bikes with Carbon stays and full Carbon bikes are dominating these days I basically would like to know if there is a market out there for a steel/carbon bike. This is assuming that it comes in at a respectable weight.
Please any feedback would be helpfull.
Here is a pic of what it will basically look like
http://crpropertyservices.com/Carbonsteel.jpg
Since Aluminun bikes with Carbon stays and full Carbon bikes are dominating these days I basically would like to know if there is a market out there for a steel/carbon bike. This is assuming that it comes in at a respectable weight.
Please any feedback would be helpfull.
Here is a pic of what it will basically look like
http://crpropertyservices.com/Carbonsteel.jpg