hello

i'm going to soon be adding a custom touring bike to my fleet. i've been planning this for a while now and finally have the money saved to have the frame built. this is going to be the bike to last the rest of my life, my everyday commuter and light-for-now but eventually full-on touring bike. i am extremely lucky to live in austin tx, which has a number of framebuilders within a few hundred mile radius. i've narrowed it down to a couple, and plan to email each builder with my specs and some questions in order to decide who i will go with. i'm looking for some feedback from you framebuilders on good information to give and good questions to ask.

thanks for your feedback.

slimbo