[diesel]

Im trying to find a decent steel hardtail and while I dream about riding a soulcraft/sycip/IF i am in college and thats just not gonna happen anytime soon (unless someone has a large one of these and wants to sell it to me hehe) i digress....

I stumble across soma fabrications:

http://www.somafab.com

they use r. 631 for the front and cro-mo for the rear...not as elegant as 853 but in my financial position they look decent. however I cant find any reviews beyond what is on their website. has anyone here seen one of these up close or know of any other frame builders in the 500-700 range (it doesnt have to be steel, the dean scout is almost in my price range...) any suggestions?

 

[Colin]

Personally, I'd go for this:

http://www.jensonusa.com/store/product.aspx?i=FR707A11

But, then again, Cambria has the Soma for $130 less (provided it fits you).

http://cambriabike.com/SALE/frame/index-3.htm

 

[SuspectDevice]

Soma is the house brand or Merry Sales distribution. basically think cheap and made in taiwan ala Surly. the paint tends to be pretty bad, the frames are excesively heavy, etc..

cheap though.

try Brew, their Peak moutain frame is $600 and is very, very very nice.


http://www.brewracingframes.com/id24.htm

 

[scofflaw23]

Gunnar might also be a good bike to check out. an 853 front end, and i think a 631 rear end with a few stock color choices, custom color choices, custom geometry available. all for under $1000.

Ben

 

[wooglin]

This is a list of SS framebuilders, but they do gearies, too. There's a few in your price range if you do the research.

http://www.altelco.net/~emenaker/temp/MTBR.com/ssFaq.htm#ssMfgrsBikes

 

[diesel]

sweet! just the info I was looking for thanks guys!