Auriaprottu said:
Here's the deal. You are going to wake up tomorrow morning and there will be a new bike beside your bed.QUOTE]
In my case, that bike will be a Vanilla built by Sacha at Vanilla Bicycles. But if you actually want yours tomorrow, Sacha's not your guy because he's booked for months. I saw a very nice looking Soma at an LBS. Great steel frame, lovely paint, good components. Not the cheapest off-the shelf option, but it's what I'd get if I didn't already have one fixie (Bianchi Pista) & another on the way.
Bianchi is a good option or, if you're not wedded to steel, the SPecialized Langster is a cheap reasonable way to take the plunge.
Thanks for the info. Actually, what I meant was... It's sort of a shopping spree/wish list kind of thread... you get the framebuilder of your choice to build a road frame with track ends and whatever components you want (1/8" or 3/32"). It's "what would you like if cost was no object?" I'd like either a Gios (blue), a Bianchi (celeste). Either frame would be lugged.
I have a lugged Bianchi frame that will end up celeste, fixed, and hopefully mostly Campagnoloed soon, but it doesn't have track ends. I'd love to have the same frame with ends, tho- I guess I could get Gene Spicer to put some on, but the dropouts are long and horizontal already, and I'm not planning to do any velodrome riding (yet), so it'd be a waste of money.