Help me decide: which frame?
 

Ok, so here's the deal. I found this guy with two frames for sale, both would be perfect for a conversion. The first is a classic Alan aluminum and the second a beautiful Concorde Aquila.

aquila....send the alan to me :D

They are both great. You are one lucky man.
I personally prefer the Alan.

Aquila, old aluminum makes me nervous.

2nd this. Just don't trust the durability of ALU and when it goes, it just goes with very little warning. Plus bonded/glued frames make doubly nervous.

steel is, after all, real.

ringy-ding!
~concorde~

i've an old alan like that one. It's light and easy riding but not very stiff. If I ever converted it, I'd leave the front brake on.

easy choice, concorde.

Concorde.

I've had a bonded aluminum frame like that Alan, mine was a Vitus, it was a noodle bike. If you weigh any more than 150lbs don't go near that Alan. Sure, they're amazingly light, but if you're going to ride it daily or even weekly, I'd stick with steel. Those were made before the switch to oversized tubing for aluminum bikes, so besides the obvious flaw of the joints being glued, you also have weaker aluminum tubing. Like I said, noodle bike....

The Concorde it is then!