/41 alert...
So, in my crash the other day, it turns out that I totaled my training bike. The purple steel centurion that I had put so many miles on and loved so much is toast - a serious dent in the top tube has put it out of alignment. Bummer.
The up side to this, is that I get to play new bike day (!!!), hence the 41 alert. I would like the replacement frame to be the same material (steel), but with a nicer tubeset, configured for more modern componentry and possibly more aggressive. I would like suggestions please; I'm pretty ignorant about this stuff.
I am currently looking at in-production steel road frames with moderately aggressive geometry, and a ~1k price point, which rules out many custom builders. From what I've found online, there is the Gunnar Roadie (top of my price range), all the way down to Surley's Pacer and the Soma Smoothie, which are as cheap as I want to go. The Ritchey Road Logic seems to be a nice compromise between that range at ~1k for the frame and full carbon WCS fork, where the Gunnar is 1k for just a frame.
Can anyone offer me additional suggestions?
I've found a used Rock Lobster (True Temper S3) with perfect dimensions online that looks quite enticing to me, but I want to make sure that I've (mentally) covered all of my bases before I make a big purchase
Advice appreciated,
-Tmonk.
Also, [MENTION=180928]Leukybear[/MENTION], I def. won't be making a purchase before I check out the swap meet tomorrow 
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