Originally Posted by ItsJustMe

There's the Trek Soho. I wound up getting a Giant Seek 1 2014 - it's what the Seek 0 was in prior years. Shimano Alfine 8 and Avid hydraulic discs.

It should be in any day now.

The Trek looked OK but it was over $200 more and had mechanical Shimano disc brakes, and a belt drive. I'd actually have liked to try the belt drive - if I didn't like it I could always switch to chain. But I wasn't going to pay over $1400 and get worse brakes than I got from Giant for $1100.

I thought about building one, but I have way more money than time and decided to just punt on this one. I'll have plenty enough fun accessorizing it.