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Unless you're going to have lots of frame destroying crashes, it might still be cheaper to ride a £400 Planet X or other Chinese crabon rather than a £800+ domestically built 853 frame. Some of the crashes which write-off crabon will also need £200 worth of tube replacement on steel after all.

Of course, the hard truth that all poseurs wish to avoid is that, if you have the talent, £140 spent on PX aluminium will get you all the frame you need to get noticed and never pay for your own frame again.

Thank you for the link and advice. I had to rub my eyes, the PX frame truly is a bargain! Much obliged.