I recommend checking out the Holdsworth Competition frames on Planet X. They're so cheap for Columbus Spirit steel it's ridiculous.
After talking to a guy riding one one day, I went home and bought one without hesitation. The frames are currently 600gbp, which, without the VAT, makes them about 500 quid, which is $680 usd, plus postage, obviously. Columbus Spirit usually costs at least two or three times as much.
The more I ride it the more I like it. It's a little heavier than I expected (my large is 1840g,totally bare), but it has large tubes and a huge lower head tube, so it's more of a stiff smasher than a Sunday cruiser, not that it's not comfortable.
The only negative is that they don't come with a headset or seat collar, and the only colour options are orange and a drab grey
This photo doesn't do justice to the size of the bottom of the head tube. For memory, the lower bearing has a 52mm outer diameter
https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/FRHOCO...ition-frameset
