I was looking for a frame to replace my truly worn out macneil ruben when I found this frame. I was looking for a frame that had good street geometry, fairly light but not stupidly, no wishbones, ss brake mounts, and if possible cheap price. This ticks all the boxes on my checklist.

Specs:

• 100% heat treated 4130 cromo construction.
• Butted top & downtubes to save weight.
• 75 degree head tube angle. 
• 71 degree seat tube angle.
• 21” or 20.5” toptube lengths.
• 13.7” – 14.4” rear stays.
• 11.5” bb height.  
• Weight 5.6lbs
• No dents or crimps on stays
• Colours: Black, Burgundy or light blue
• Compact 5mm thick dropouts 
•  “mid” bottom bracket shell is machined after welding for perfect bearing fit.
• Factory installed bottom bracket bearings and spacer.
• Available with either regular A-head or Internal headtube.

So skip forward to the weekend and I've decided I really do need to get on with buying a frame. so I give cyclone a call (one of the best bikes shops about, give em a call if your in the area, theyll hook you up) and found that I could get a good deal on the frame. I picked it up at about 10am and by about 12 I had it together and was riding it. It was truly amazingly easy to set up, bb and headset ushed in with fingers, and everything else was perfectly finished.

The only thing I did find was I needed more headset spacers than I expected. I ended up using 3 of the big ones, thats how small the ht is on this! The other thing I noticed that I like about this is there are no gussets anywhere to be seen, but dont worry, its not going to sacrifice strength, its guaranteed for life!

First thing I noticed was how much easier it was to manual and spin on this thing, coming from the Macneil it felt like a dream, I could manual about 4x as far!

Pros:

• Strong
• Lightish
• Lifetime guaranty
• Cheap
• Comes with 19mm bb
• Spot on geo

Cons:

• Paint seems to chip a little too easy

Price:

£210 / $388

Overall:

Overall I give this frame 9.9 out of 10, let down simply by the paint, the rest is perfect.