Originally Posted by khuevo

so at the risk of exposing the proverbial elephant in the room. .. has IRO fallen out of grace? I can't find anything recent on these folks, reviews etc. but I'm really liking the build-a-bike phoenix.
I've been researching singlespeeds for a few months now and am very close to pulling the trigger on a phoenix for my first ss commuter bike. Most anything will be an upgrade from the Schwinn Frontier MB (circa 1999) I'm using now.
I've looked at lots of frames (surly,soma,pake) and complete "urban" bikes (Soho S, Schwinn Cutter/Racer, Ral. Rush Hour) etc and realized I'd be hard-pressed to build up a Surly CC or something similar for under a $1000 and the complete bikes are lacking in MANY regards.
Anyone know what kind of brakes do they use on these? The only specs I'm seein on the IRO sight are for the frame.

thanks for the input!