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Scott wrote:

Hell, I've owned a number of steel bikes over the years, currently
own two, and I've never ridden a lugged steel bike. Current state of
the art steel frame building rarely involves lugs.

Well, lugs are not common practice, but state-of-the-art steel frame
building frequently involve lugs. Indeed, I would think that at this
juncture in time the state of the art steel bicycle *is* a lugged bike:

http://www.richardsachs.com/