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Calfee is well out of my price range. Bikesdirect has the Windsor but the stays look straight and aluminum so they probably have little to no compliance. Has anyone tried one of those? How does it feel on the street?
The Windsor the Hour is steel.
Why wouldn't you do what basically everyone else does and get an aluminum bike with a carbon fork? Is there really that much of an advantage to having the rear stays also be carbon? Is there some application for this fixed-gear road racer that you have in mind? I would think that the Windsor would be exactly what you are looking for in terms of comfort for long distances. There really isn't going to be a good compromise bike that lets you actually take a fixed gear on road races and win sprints. That's just not what fixed-gears do, and if you aren't doing that then why the need for stiffness?