I love how every other post in this thread is someone saying if I could just get such and such a bike at a ridiculously low price that would be great, if we all get together we could do that right? RIGHT?

My guess IF we could all get together and agree on one frame (that's a big if), the price for it would still probably not be quite as low as some of you are fantasizing about. Those Nashbar frames for instance are so cheap because they bought them in bulk from somebody who failed to sell as many as they ordered, not because Nashbar went out and commissioned a bunch of frames, and Reynolds 853 for $250? Dream ON!

What makes this sort of group buy so cool is when someone comes up with something kind of unique that jibes well with the groups general overall aesthetic. I'm not sure if this group has much consensus on that anymore, but if I had to guess I would say a decent lugged double butted CroMo frame with track geo (I'd like a Path racer myself) would come closest to pleasing the most people, and staying within the range of affordable. Since there are already plenty of options out there, it would be nice to come up with a few nice touches to make it stand out. Paul dropouts? a nifty looking seat stay? Maybe polished head lugs? Agree upon a color, and have someone design a "SSFG Special" decal set which folks can apply or not as they see fit.

I already can't afford this fictional frame unless some of the more absurd fantasies come true, but I'd be interested to see what we all can come up with if we collaborate on this project.