Here's another brand I had heard of a while back and promptly forgot. But stumbled upon again this weekend. In particular, the Allroads model. Anybody familiar with them?
The backstory is that they're a 'production model' Seven in steel. Built according to their standard size charts, but only on an 'as ordered' basis.
I went up to the Ride Studio Cafe, which is owned by Rob Vandermark, to test ride the Allroads in the photo. Rob owns both Seven and Honey. The build quality is superb. I own a Seven Ti road bike and the ride quality was similar. I took it off road for a bit, and it handled great both on and off.
Now, the bike in the picture will run you about $5,000 with the Zipp wheels, hydro breaks and carbon fork.