Originally Posted by
sfcrossrider
I have raced many custom frames in the last 20 years, and I certainly can tell the difference between the frames I have raced on. That said, I LOVE my ten year old Surly, crosscheck. BUT...I love my Steelman even more fifty minutes into a Cat A cross race.
You really think you could tell the difference between two bikes made with equivalent tubing and geometry? Yeah sure different builders will do slightly different things with the butting but really it doesn't make all that much of a difference. Builders can build drastically different frames but if you say I want something like this steelman you're not going to get something all that different.