Take a look at the Milwaukee Bicycle company road frame.
made by Waterford in the USA, LR brakes, clearance for 32c rubber, 800 bucks, something like that.
I like the Soma ES and have ridden two successive ES framesets
with a red one currently in the garage, but the Milwaukee LR road bike frame is very very tempting. Plus, the forks are nicer than the ones Gunnar offers with their bikes. IMO.
If it's solely between those three framesets -not sure wether these frames are on the hook somewhere near you - I'd say, hands down, buy the ES and don't look back.
My Soma's built up at around 21 pounds, with 28c Contis and not especially light wheels. But it rides like a Bentley -like butter. Seems I don't have any photos of my red ES on my laptop, this is the old mispainted green Smoothie ES I got for $300.
Last edited by Bekologist; 01-30-13 at 07:07 AM.