Originally Posted by egads

Ya, I mean, those are nice frames for the price, but I am willing to spend more. My logic is that, if I spend more now, and take care of my bike, I won't have to upgrade (or feel the need to upgrade) for a while. Whereas if I buy an affinity or an Alien, or even, say, a Sparton, I feel like I won't have the flexibility of putting on better components when I want them (since my components shouldn't be way nicer than my frame, I think). And, I also will probably want to upgrade my frame in a while (if I buy an Alien or Affinity or other comparable frame), making my overall costs that much higher.

Also, it might help to point out that I didn't ask the question simply because I know nothing about frames and want someone to tell me what to buy (I know what I want and some of the more salient features of frame design). Rather, I want to try and narrow the scope of my search to a few frames that are recommended to me and then compare those with each other.