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Racing bike, laminated mahogany hollow frame, by ship builder Sueshiro Sano, 2022
(sanomagic.world.coocan.jp)
I thought some people here might appreciate it. More of Sueshiro Sano´s stunning work: http://sanomagic.world.coocan.jp/englishindex.html
That is all true from a purely theoretical, material science based perspective on this, so the misconception is understandable. However, please mind that in practice, when it´s about bike components the main criteria is that they have to be lightweight. So when it´s about bike parts we always compare the stiffness of steel parts and aluminium parts of the same weight and as you explained correctly:
Obviously that results in the aluminium bike parts being generally stiffer than the steel bike parts they are compared to. I apologize for any confusion I caused but I am a bike mechanic and not a metallurgic engineer.
It's true that I can get caught up in the nuance sometimes. That said, you and I both understand the details behind what you're talking about but odds are a number of people lurking in the comments don't. All I was really trying to do was nudge those people away from "substituting aluminum in place of steel with no other changes will result in a better part".
Never mind, we just approached this from different angles :)