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Aluminium remains a great material for making bicycle frames. At the entry level of the road bike market, aluminium frames are almost ubiquitous. That\u2019s because, generally speaking, aluminium frames combine a desirable stiffness level with low overall weight and relatively cheap production costs.<\/p>\n
Bikes such as the Triban RC120 and Vitus Razor Claris prove that a quality road bike can still be had for under \u00a3500<\/a> while bikes such as the Triban RC520 show that bikes under \u00a31,000<\/a> can compete with pricier bikes too.<\/p>\n Spend a little more and you\u2019ll realise mid-range bikes and the prevalence of aluminium thins out in favour of cheaper carbon fibre bikes, but it\u2019s often the aluminium bikes at this price point that still offer considerably better value and sometimes a better ride too<\/a>.<\/p>\n Fans of the pro peloton may have seen alloy come and go as the material of choice for the world\u2019s fastest racers, but that does not mean alloy frames have plateaued in terms of development. <\/span><\/p>\n Spend well into four figures and you\u2019ll get access to the likes of Cannondale\u2019s CAAD13 \u2013 a showcase for the latest aluminium frame tech that can fight it out with all but the absolute best carbon-fibre road bikes.<\/p>\n In order to be included in this list, a bike must have scored at least 4 out of 5 stars in our testing.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> <\/section>The best aluminium road bikes, in order of score<\/h2>\n
Triban RC120<\/h3>