well, i'm not going to get to try out an LHT. Is it a daft idea to just go for it? Everything I read about them sound good, and the miracle is they're small enough. In theory I love it and my instinct says it's probably whwat I want. It would be custom built, so I should have quite a lot of flexibility to make sure that it is set up to fit me (or as much as possible) but it's quite a lot of money when it may not be perfect.

As a comparison I tried out a Dawes horizon. It was a touch too big - no stand over room on the smallest frame. The top tube didn't feel too long, but is about 45mm longer than the LHT. It did feel a bit too juddery and twitchy, but I'm not sure if that was just because I wasn't familiar with it and haven't ridden with drops for a very long time. On the plus side it's half the price of the LHT.

So is it daft to choose a bike I haven't had a chance to ride, or would there be enough flexibility in how it's built up to make sure it becomes the bike for me?