New Steel Frame?

[rogerzilla]

I'd be wary of any custom fork with disc mounts unless you can test ride an example first.  A twisty fork is horrid with a disc as it's both spongy and makes the bike pull to one side.  Even a Kona Project Two MTB fork twists, although my Rock Shox Recon didn't.

I would expect a lot of builders to stick a factory carbon fork on anyway.

[Bianchi Boy]

I am starting to desire a Shand

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[fd3]

If you're anywhere near the midlands Lee Cooper builds really nice custom steel (much better than my wife's Mercian for example) at great prices, I've had a lugged 853 and a fillet brazed 631 from him.

His website quotes £600 for a frame and forks, which is a good deal imo.  All the local riders I know who have one of his frames rate them above Mercian!  If he is still building in 2019 I'm buying.

[Samuel D]

I’m seeing £650 here, which is getting on for Bob Jackson prices – although it sounds like his frames may be every bit as good. Maybe he put up the price by £50 recently? The pound hasn’t been so weak in a long time, after all.

Does anyone know if Lee Cooper frames have straight seat stays and chain stays? I’d prefer that if they could be made to work with a 28 mm tyre.