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@Trailerman
Hi
Please forgive my newbieness - first post here and this will be my first single speed.
I'd like to build a light, fast, all-weather road machine. I'd like it to be sturdy and robust, capable of dealing with the cocktail of pot-holes, shit, mud and floods the local lanes throw at me. I'd like it to handle a bit of snow from time to time, possibly even the odd light trail if I can't be bothered to dust my mountain bike off. Fundamentally though I'd really like it to be a good fun road machine for all weathers and all road conditions, one which allows me to enjoy the ride rather than fretting about the next massive pot-hole/mud-slick/flood, the way I seem to with my road bikes.
Therefore I'd really like a light frame, but one that's strongish, can take slightly wider wheels than my road rims and accompanying sturdier tires, possibly even disc brakes (nice bonus but not essential), probably canti-levers.
I'm thinking the range of conditions I'd like it to deal with probably rules out your dedicated track frames, but I don't really want to go to the bigger, freestyle or mountain-bike style frames, because they're heavier and stronger than I really want/need them to be.
So I'm wondering if there's anything in between, and struck on the idea of a cyclo-cross frame. I know disc brakes are becoming more common in CX, and wondered if there's a frame out there with horizontal dropouts. If not, does anything else spring to the minds of those in the know? Something light, strong and capable of accommodating something a bit more robust than your typical road kit?
I do have budget limitations - ideally no more than absolute max £500-600 (preferably less!) for the frame, to allow an overall build cost of £800 ish. If I could get to a weight of sub 8kg, then that would be an added bonus.
Would be hugely grateful for any advice, comments, suggestions etc.
Jules