Originally Posted by jim-bob
If you're a shop rat, it might be worth giving merry sales a call and seeing what they can do for you on a soma for personal use. They've always seemed pretty nice to me.
Actually, I'm having a friend at another shop do exactly that. He has dealt with Merry Sales quite a bit, so I'll let him figure it out. I don't think we have dealt with Merry Sales at all. Maybe, I dunno. I'm just a wrench. Plus, his shop is a Soma dealer which I thought might not hurt. Either way, I'm probably getting it at wholesale, so I can't complain. Otherwise, yeah the Surly would probably be the best for my use, but I didn't want a third Surly in the garage
The first installment of parts came today, Paul touring canti's, cross levers, salsa stem, WTB headset, and got a wheelset from a co-worker for a very good price. I think I'm going to go drool over my Paul stuff for a while...