Hello guys,
Thanks for your answers you're fantastic.
Why not buy a complete bike ? for two reasons.
1) I'm in France and here the Steamtroller is only available as a frameset
2) I like to build my road bikes, this way I know how things work and it's easier for me to do maintenance (and it's more fun). It's no more expansive on the long run (complete bikes are cheaper but when adding various upgrades..) and I find more interesting to understand what I ride, how it works and so on.
I've build all my road bikes. My current one been a beloved Cyfac. I use it for week end long rides, but also for comuting.. but I'd like to stop doing so because the day I'll crash, this will hurt my butt, but also my credit card...
The only bike I haven't build from scratch is my Dahon Vitesse (a folding )
Considering the crankset I just saw the SRAM S300 1.1 that seem a pretty good choice, cheaper than the Miche and with external bearing (I love the Ultegra Hollowtech II crankset on my Cyfac)
Luc
ps : fuzz2050 good point on ISO vs JIS I failed to notice this... thanks
renton20 : thanks for the All City cable clamp tip
Last edited by Lstelie; 05-30-11 at 10:11 AM.