I am saving up for a nice steel lugged frame. It does NOT have to be custom-made. It has to be nice for around $1,000 or less. (The geometry can be track, road, or somewhere in between.)

I'm turning to you all because I'm interested in some options and also would like to hear your thoughts. If you had $1,000 (maximum) to spend on a frame, which would you chose?

I was going to use this frame to build a daily commuter, but now it has become special to me: http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=446593

Therefore I'm looking for a different but nice frame to build a bike that I can keep and ride daily forever.

Thank you for any help!


EDIT: You can read through the thread if you want to get caught up, but I finally found a builder in the state. He's a very cool guy to work with, a family-man, and a one-man frame builder, from start to finish. The link to his blog is posted in post #65 of this thread.

Thanks for all the nice replies. Cheers.







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