What are your thoughts on the brass knuckle frame as a first bike

Bazikly, a straight fork will help with quick acceleration, and will make the bike feel twitchier. A curved fork will make it feel more stable, and also generally more comfortable in London.

I say get a carbon fork because an alu frame/fork will make the road feel a little jarry. Carbon will help absorb a lot of bad road, and its also light.

kilgore_trout i went with option 2. then learned everything option 3 requires not learning. now i'm saving up my money so that option 2 is my every day bike, and then i'll be buying a really nice velodrome-only bike. i also went with option 1 with a frame i found in a dumpster and that will be my rainy day/32mm tires/fuck i dont want to ride my bike in a boston winter but need to bike

I thought you were gonna be a climber ..?