>>1211733Hell no. There are hundreds or maybe even thousands of framebuilders who do lugged, at various price levels. Soma, Panasonic, Miyata, Toei (available in the US as "Ebisu," brokered by Jitensha in Berkeley), Nobilette, Battaglin, Mercian, Bob Jackson, Rourke, Spectrum, Waterford (who make the Roadeo), Vanilla, Llewellyn, Colnago, Cinelli, Torelli, Bottecchia, and many others.
The Roadeo is nice, but overbuilt and more upright than a racey bike should be, and overpriced, since you can get a custom Waterford R33 frameset for the same price. Personally, I'd figure out how to get a fresh new Panasonic or Miyata frameset shipped over here. Or even better, get one built up in Japan, ride it around for a week or ten, then ship it back.
