Quote Originally Posted by indysteel View Post
Out of curiosity, if you go with a stock bike, do you plan to change out the bars and shifters so that the set up is similar to your LTH? What does that add to the cost?

Other than my new Jamis Aurora, which hasn't gotten ridden since I bought it, I have no experience with them. Brian loves his Jamis road bike. There are a lot of other custom builders out there by the way. I'm not sure why you're limiting yourself to Gunnar and Luna.

Edited to add: I just took a look at Jamis's website. It indicates that the bike weighs 25.5 lbs. I imagine that's not for the smallest size, but thay may not offer the weight savings you're looking for. My steel bike in a size 50 weighs 19 pounds.
Good questions!

The Jamis Coda is a flatbar bike, so it already has flatbars and trigger shifters The shifters are comparable quality with what is on my Surly. I would want a different rear cassette, and my LBS said they would probably upgrade it at no extra charge.

I know there are a lot of custom builders out there, but I do like Gunnars frame prices and everything I have read about them is quite positive. The Coda Elite is almost 10 pounds lighter than my LHT (without rack or bag on the LHT), I think that is pretty good for a stock steel bike.

The Gunnar would give me the weight savings that I would like as the steel is higher quality. I don't need to make my mind up until spring, and who can say what I will have decided by then, but right now they are my top contenders. Waterford and Rivendell are quite attractive as well, but they are far more expensive of course.