‘Steel’ and ‘aero’ – two words seldom spotted mingling in the same sentence. Every redblooded cyclist loves the lively ride feel of a classic roundtube steel frame, but pop one in the wind-tunnel next to a modern carbon fibre aero machine and there’s going to be a clear winner.
But do steel and aero have to be mutually exclusive? Over in the United States, framebuilder Rob English has been incorporating aerodynamic elements into handmade bicycles for years, using clever welding techniques and custom-rolled aero tubes that allow the air
