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Genesis volare, ritchey logic would be my choice. For custom i would not pay pegoretti money i would go to taylormade one county up from me in suffolk. Angus is a friend and a good frame builder. £600 for an 853 frame cant be argued with. All this artisan nonsense where you wait a couple of years for for your frame is just nonsense.

Also hunt on ebay or retro bike for a good steed. Columbus genius tubing is very light and stiff and good frames have been made from them. Cheap as chips too. I picked up my sannino of retrobike for £200 and i am very happy with it.

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by stanseven

Waterford. The stainless steel is $3300. However if you can afford it, consider a Paramount for $5,000. It has heritage and the builder has more experience than probably anyone in the US.

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by hmai18

The Ritte Stainless snob is KVA MS3 stainless at $2700 frame/fork and was one of my frontrunners, but the CAD/USD exchange rate would hose me.

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Check Rich Adams in PA. He offers both stock and custom geo. Price is reasonable as well.
http://bicycleframes.com/frames/road/

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by morrisond

Not Cheap - but a lot of unique things in these frames

www.speedvagen.com

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by Grill

Forget about English if you want something soon. I've been on the what list there for over 20 months and my build won't be started until year.

I do have a Ritchey Road Logic 2.0. You'd have to run Di2 externally, but it's easily one of the best value framesets on the market.

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by twoangstroms

Those are all great recommendations, but I'd add Firefly (http://fireflybicycles.com). There's great heritage there, down from Fat Chance, Merlin, IF -- though I admit I have an emotional attachment to the Boston cycling world.

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DeRosa - Black Label - Steel Ridiculously beautiful and a legacy of world class frame building experience.
http://www.derosablacklabel.it/steel
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by jpanspac

Spectrum Cycles. Tom Kellog has been around a long time, and used to design the Merlin line.
http://www.spectrum-cycles.com/
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by PARTIZAN

Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez wrote:You should have a look at Velocipedesalon -> Friday Night Lights and Smoked Out sections to get some inspiration. Or NAHBS boots from past years.

There are so much great builders and souls/minds it's difficult to say someone stands abover the others, and would be unfair to missing names.

My personnal favorite would be Amaro for a badass "stage race" no nonsense steel bike with attention to detail and "identity" but he is in Spain.

For a high level of customization, English, Zukas or Shand looks very "modern"/futurist if that's what you imply. Firefly would be the safe bet for the best attention do detail/modern racer in the US. But again, I might be unfair to dozens of nice builders.


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Among the most crazy expensive
http://www.vandeyk.de/index.php
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Ax Lightness Vial EVO Race (2019.01.03)
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i clearly have a lot of skin in this game, but i could not recommend anything more than a Seven Axiom. It is a custom bike with custom tubes drawn and custom butted for each individual rider. The round chain and seat stays yield the lightest and stiffest rear triangle we've ever tested- and it's a fully custom bike that will incorporate all the features and options you would like. take a look:

https://www.sevencycles.com/bikes/bike- ... odel=axiom


My steel bikes are a bit more focused but also a great option. we build made to measure steel race bikes with an emphasis for cobblestone and mixed terrain racing. The Gaulzetti Cazzo is a nice bike.

Any of the options mentioned here are also great! I hop I am not schilling too much- but I can certainly recommend bikes the bikes I work with and am most familiar with.

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by ultimobici

Here you go. Condor Acciaio Stainless. Full custom for £3k.
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by basilic

David Kirk? http://kirkframeworks.com/
tons of experience building for Serotta in the past, and under his name for >10 yrs.
Innovative, smart, and completely BS-free.
Great experience getting a frame from him.

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