Originally Posted by
Nachoman
As I recall the Habanero Ti frames were always in the same ballpark as BD, so that would probably be a viable alternative for the OP.
+1
Somebody here posted once that Habanero and BikesDirect get their frames made by the same place. I don't know if anyone knows, or cares.
In any case, I'd compare BD closely against Habanero. I did this once and they were very close -- I think the Habanero was a couple of hundred dollars more, but the build kit I was comparing was a bit nicer on the Habanero. Another advantage of Habanero is that you can specify the components you want, if you care to do that.