Originally Posted by
WhyFi
Are you still thinking steel, possibly custom? If so, why not get that rolling and see what shakes out with the groupsets in the meantime?
Well but that's part of it - if I'm going to drop that kind of money on something, I don't want to discover that the spacing or routing requirements are about to change. Like the ill-fated P4, where Cervelo said "look at our awesome super-fast, super-narrow tri bike" in the same year that Hed and Zipp said "look at our awesome wider wheels". I have done some chatting with Gianluca Barco about that XCr Aspero. And part of me thinks I should stay USA and go with Rock Lobster, which would also be cheaper (but no stainless, which seems excellent for gravel, and then I'd have to make a color choice...).
I really hate decisions, in case y'all haven't noticed. An Intel-style roadmao would help.