So I'm spending the money (too much) and building a Delancey. Since it has silver lugs I'm doing all silver parts: This is expensive.
I'm going with soma's pursuit bars.
Other than that it's all pretty boring. I actually have to get a cane creek S-3 to get a silver headset. I pretty much have to buy Soma's levers to get silver. Silver cranks are easy.
I'm gonna throw a honey B17 on there and I'm probably going to find the closest to light brown cork tape I can find. I'd spend the money for Brook's bar tape but I know I will find it uncomfortable. I'd hate to have to wear gloves all of the time because of my bar tape choice.
All in all my fixed gear is going to be my most expensive bike. Mostly because of the $650 frame set.
Hopefully this will help me stave off my desire to build a bike based on Soma's Speedster frame :D. If I were smart I'd take advantage of the current exchange rates and buy a Bob Jackson frame.
All of this makes me realize: I'm becoming a frame snob. As I looked through Bicycling's buyers guide edition today I found very few bikes that I liked. They either: Weren't steel, had an odd geometry, or they had shimano equipment.
I feel like the high end bike market is being taken over by low end carbon, super cheap aluminum, and shimano. I'd feel better about it if Shimano would rework their STI levers to be ergonomic.
I find myself recommending Konas and Surlys to people and realize: There's almost nowhere for them to ride one! It's a sad day when people want to buy the whole bike for what I consider to be reasonable for a frameset. *sigh*
