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Everything he said.
Braking is even more of a letdown (something we discussed) with even longer drop brakes now but its mega fun to ride and an ideal trainer/audax setup IMO. Have a test ride on mine. It has 42c tyres.
I am not sure going disc is the greatest idea for your purpose given you have a cross check. And if you want to go disc just get one of these: http://road.cc/content/news/143362-first-look-mason-progressive-cycles
Maybe centrepull or direct mount .. as both of them will offer tyre clearance without any braking compromise and need to go disc .. i'd say aim for 32c without guards and 28c with guards anything above that wont stay true to its nature of 'road bike'.
Also @Captain_P are they Ritchey neo classics in both pics? And you can count me to buy the second rychtarski if you've had a change of heart ;)
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What do you want out of the bike? Fast paced training/racing, "gravel"/rain bike or something else?
I've had Rychtarski build me two very different frames, and the difference was big!
My first (now Amey's) was build like a do it all bike, but the geo with room for fenders and the general setup was just too "woobly" and felt very slow on paved roads. The long reach brakes was also a big let down, the braking was really not very good. But it felt great when i took it off road. (Full Max tubing, english BB, build with lugs and brazed 1 1/8 headtube)
The second one, that i ride now, is damn great! I choose to stiffen up the front and got a more race like geo with normal brakes. It still has room for 28mm, I ride it with 25mm with a lot of clearance. This build feels a lot better on the road and still handles gravel/forrest riding like it should. (Max rear and Spirit front, Columbus Fel fork, BB30, 44mm HT (can be used with both 1 1/8 and tapered forks), fully brazed)