Framebuilders - Carbon bike kits?

I've been looking for a carbon hybrid around-town type of bike but they just aren't available, so I'm trying to figure out if this is something I could put together myself.

My first carbon bike was a Specialized Allez made from carbon tubing epoxied to aluminum lugs. Although it wasn't nearly as light as today's integrated carbon frames it was lighter than aluminum and more comfortable to ride. It seems like kits made with this config would be a good cheap alternative to spending $2,000 for a carbon frame...anyone know if they exist somewhere?

TIA

Let me just say up front that I doubt you are going to save any money.

There used to be kits available, I don't remember the source. A fair number of people have built their own carbon frames, search around.

dupe

Kits were offered by both Columbus and Dedaccaia(sp?), although both were full carbon. The Columbus kit I believe was discontinued, and was well over 1K even when they were being closed out. I don't know the current status of the Deda. I'm inclined to agree with Unterhausen, in that you won't save much money.

You could always go with a steel frame, they make great around-town bikes, or any kinda bikes for that matter. They are much more comfortable than aluminum and they ride and track as well as any carbon frame, definitely will save you some cash and you can use that on some lightweight wheels/componentry. Unless you're an avid racer I think steel is the way to go of course I may be a little biased since I build with steel. I loved carbon bikes as much as anything but the prices were just getting crazy outta hand. Whenever you can go to a motorcycle dealer and buy a race-ready motocross bike, with state of the art motor and suspension for a couple thousand less than a high-end bicycle something is wrong. Anyway, I am babbling, sorry. Good luck.