Surly is great especially their Fatties Fit Fine system if you don't want to do a complete build up you could check the IRO Rob Roy. I love the feel of steel, but I wish there was a alum bike with all the braze ons, and fixie. Justification for these setements (sp) is the fact of winter with salt, and other irratents (sp) I would like something alum so I don't have to worry about the potential of it getting rusted out.