Wabi
Wabi frames and complete bikes have all the qualities of a proper bike but, at a price from the mid 1980s. I know of no other company at that price point to use name brand Reynolds tubing. Most batch built frames start at their complete bike price...and the cost to build up a bare frame even with carefully chosen branded, online purchased new parts will be around $1200 to 1500.00 bucks. Im 62 and still ride fixed or ss, not cuz Im a bad ass, but for the experience. In South Florida, when I started looking again, the LBS stores stock, the same selection of major brands, of cf and alu frame stuff... most salesman will tell you that steel rusts, nobody wants a steel bike and that they dont make bikes like that anymore...really? Lol and I was going to shops listed as dealers for QBP, Marin, and Breezer...what a bunch of sheep herders!