Originally Posted by
hikelite
While it doesn't exactly meet all my specs, that's a smokin' deal for a Ti bike! I didn't think I could even consider that material, or carbon. Too bad they only have 52cm. It's too small. I want a larger frame....
It has disc mounts, they will have more in larger frame size soon, sell off the wheels, buy a nice set of disc wheels like this for $230/$270, brakes for $150 and it's still in your price range.
http://bikeisland.com/cgi-bin/BKTK_S...ls&ProdID=1167
http://bikeisland.com/cgi-bin/BKTK_S...ls&ProdID=1554
Another option is to build up a Vassago Fisticuff:
http://www.vassagocycles.com/fisticuff/