Oh hey, fancy seeing you here. Thanks for pitching in your information. I'm slightly discouraged actually. One guy fitted me but won't tell me the size of the bike he's thinking of making (is this even remotely normal?). Another LBS tried to sell me some titanium frame for 5k after I explicitly stated I wanted steel and what my budget was (ahem, not 5k!).

Does anyone know of a good, solid way to get fit for a touring frame that I can do at home? Alternatively, a bike shop in NYC that might do this for me? I'd love to get the Bilenky or a nice stock S&S frame that has dimensions close enough (and what does close enough consist of, anyway?) but feel like it's hard to get straight answers on what really is best.