Oh yeah, the frame, the soul of any bike. This was made by Robert Ives of Blue Collar Bikes, surely you've heard of them. Some say they're what put Sacramento on the map (some say it was the gold rush). Columbus tubing, Bontrager seattube and bb shell. I had Robert extend the rear triangle 3/4" more than his usual frames. I noticed that Bruce Gordon builds his bikes with 44-45cm from bb to dropout, so I picked 44.5 cm for mine. The down tube is ovalized for strength and flex. The rear dropouts are Breeze. The real freak about this frame are the flame gussetts. Not just cool looking, they add strength to the stress points on the frame. There are seven of them. Two on either side of the top tube as it meets the headtube, and two as the top tube meets the seat tube. One on the underside of the downtube where it meets the headtube, and two on the chainstays where the meet the bb. Robert says they were so much f***in work he's never doing them for anybody ever again. I kind of think that makes me special.