Originally Posted by likebike23

The Nashbar touring frame/fork is nice, I built one up a few years ago. It handles nice, has clearance for fat tires, and has all of the mounting points you would want. Building it yourself can get expensive really fast though. I pieced mine together for around $400 from parts I had accumulated over the years at super low closeout deals, supplemented by some new stuff, and finished off with some parts from my bins. To get it to that price, it took a lot of effort on my part and the parts were accumulated over time, not at once. Bikesdirect.com has the Motobecane Gran Turismo on sale right now for pretty cheap and it looks like it's available in 58cm. http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/...an_turismo.htm. Good luck with whatever you decide.