Hello All,

So this hipster (if I admit it, its not so bad, right?) wants to make the jump from fixed gear commuting/alleycat racing to doing a little cat 5 just-finish-the-race road cycling. I tried track racing, but that oval gets boring pretty quick.

Now, I don't have a road bike and therein lies my question. Instead of dropping a bunch of money on a new bike for road racing that I don't know if I'll love, I want to build up a classic lightweight steel frame (70's or 80's) with relatively new components. My LBS says this isn't a problem aside from long reach brakes and seat stay spacing.

What recommendations on frames would you have. Somebody told me to search for columbus SL and SLX on ebay, and that yielded a few promising results. Any other ideas? I just don't like the look of new bikes--damn you sloping top tube!

Thanks