You're paying for an experiance framebuilder, so use him/her. You would'nt hire a plumber then apon their arrival hand them a list of pipe specs to use. Just give them as much info as possible, and demand an 1 1/8" headtube, and unthreaded 1 1/8" fork. My BJ rides lovely when cruising, and would take a beasting too. If it was'nt for that prehistoric steerer-stem set-up.
Listen to Skully.
You're paying for an experiance framebuilder, so use him/her. You would'nt hire a plumber then apon their arrival hand them a list of pipe specs to use. Just give them as much info as possible, and demand an 1 1/8" headtube, and unthreaded 1 1/8" fork. My BJ rides lovely when cruising, and would take a beasting too. If it was'nt for that prehistoric steerer-stem set-up.