Quote Originally Posted by Lisa S.H. View Post
Ah yes, my decision process....it's rather interesting.

Lugs are mostly pre-manufactured with certain fixed angles for the tubes that fit into them- so there is a limit as to how much you can tweak the tube angles on a lugged steel bike to fit an individual's proportions. Needless to say, most lugs are designed to make typical man bikes. With TIG welded steel, the sky is the limit for angle/geometry on any particular bike. So I opted for better likelihood of perfect custom fit over the allure of lugs. Luna does mostly TIG welded steel bikes.
How exciting that you're getting a custom bike. I opted for a lugged steel frame recently from a local custom builder and am very happy with it. The builder explained to me that even though the lugset comes with fixed angles, there is some wiggle room in the angle when he puts the frame together. For my bike, he used rather narrow lugs which probably didn't constrain the angles too severely. I also got a lovely steel fork with a nice rake. I've read that most builders use TIG welding now because a lugset costs almost as much as a tubing set. Different esthetics, but equally fine frames.