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A good friend of mine has commenced making frames, though mainly just for those most persistent in badgering him. As a result I won't post anything about his intended name or anything that may incriminate just yet, but I'll mention the project we're working on together which I'm excited about.
First things first, I'm becoming a comfort slut having built the Wolverine, so a minimum of 28mm tyres are required, and because of my weak little fingers and desire for braking excellence it will be stopped with discs. Flat mount ones specifically. Columbus Spirit tubing, paragon dropouts, Di2 compatible to take Ultegra 6870 parts from my current road bike, and likely black in its appearance with a lovely Colombus Futura Fork for simplicity. It may also be 1x.
http://www.columbustubi.com/eng/4_2_1.htm
He's going to teach me to hand file and braze, so I'll try and have some input in its creation where it isn't too life threatening. Very exciting. For now I need to work out a fit and the resulting geometry, probably through the use of lasers.
TLDR: Building a road bike frame from nice steel to replace my carbon one and you're all invited to inform me of potentially cool things to do with it.
P.S. my first ever attempt at filing and using the hotnozzlegun for your perusal or ridicule: