Im always in the market for a new project. Suppose you had 3k sitting around solely to build a bike, obviously this budget will limit a few things but for 3 thousands bucks, what would you put together? For me, Id start with a Soma smoothie frame, some decent carbon fork, kit it with full ultegra, a pair mavic open pros with king hubs, speedplay pedals, thomson post and stem, and probably some conti gatorskins. saddlewise im not so picky, id probably save some dough and go with whatever forte sl ripoff seat is available at the time. handlebars could be something plain but ergo. Im thinking a bombproof speedy commuter would be a lot of fun.