My current bike is a conversion of an old frame I got for cheap when my other bike was stolen. I like it alot, but it has never fit quite right, its fairly flexy, etc.

So, I am going to build a new bike soon, in the next month or so.

Needs:

Steel, bottle braze ons, threadless headset, front brake drilling. It should come in black and should have very low key graphics, if any. I would love flat black, but i have not found any steel frames available in flat black.

I keep coming back to the Wabi Classic. From everything I have read, its is the best bike for that price range, and up. The only thing I do not like about it is the curved fork. I would really like a straight bladed fork. I just want a more modern, less classic look for this bike.

Other frames I have considered are:

All city big block

leader 722

Eai bare knuckle

cinelli gazzetta

Am I missing anything? I could spend up to $700 or so on a frameset, but so far I have not found anything in that price range that I feel provides any significant improvement over the Wabi.



FWIW, planned build:

H+Son Archetypes laced to All City New Sherrif hubs, 32 spoke (im open to input on hubs)

Cranks will probable be Sram Omniums, perhaps the S300. I know the stock BB is garbage, I will replace it with a king or something when it wears out.

Probably a King headset.

Pedals, Shimano SPD something or other.

Thomson stem and bars.

Nitto RB-002 bullhorns. I have these and love them. I would like something similiar whith a 31.8 mm clamp if anyone knows of such a thing...

Front brake, whatever cheap brake with whatever cheap cross lever.



Anyway, thought?

Thanks in advance everyone!