Originally Posted by Absconsus

I'm looking for 54-55 cm. By standard sizing I mean a frame where most parts could be found at a bike shop, or most of the parts I could buy off of Rivendell's site would fit. I looked at a few of those models on some sites, I really like the look of the Nishiki frames overall. I'm waiting on Rivendell's spring '09 line of slightly less expensive bikes, so I'd just need it until then. I'd probably re-paint it since I'm looking for forest green (I have an obsession with the color combined with Brooks saddles).

I'd also probably convert it to 650B (I drank Grant's Kool-Aid) and would preferably like a removable head badge so that I could paint it and re-use it.

I'm slowly learning more about bikes, it seems like it's endless and I'll never really know it all, but I'm willing to learn!

Thanks for the info guys, very helpful!

Anything else I should know regarding this?

I'm in Pasadena, by the way, incase anyone knows a good shop or place to pick up one of the aforementioned bikes!