Originally Posted by
longbeachgary
New steel bikes are getting harder and harder to find and they are getting crazy expensive. Saw a Ellis 953 in a magazine at it's $10,000. Although GVH bikes has some frames (Colnago and Derosa) for about 2 grand.
I've been drooling over Shamrock Cycles for awhile now. They are very much out of my price range ... but not $10k either.
http://www.lugoftheirish.com/Shamrock_Cycles/Home.html
I also just picked up an 09 Bianchi Imola. Not top of the line but a good classic-looking steel frame.
Also, Surly is doing their Pacer as a pre-assembled bike for 2010. If I'd have known that, I might have waited a bit on the Imola.