gotta second the Black Mountain Cycles Monstercross... Mike really knows how to design a bike, guy has tons of experience and his world has a lot of "gravelbike" types rides in it so... the biggest advantage of this bike is the ability to use the Bruce Gordon Rock n' Road tires (45mm)... these tires are so nice to ride on...
There are tons of options out there and I'm guessing the new Salsa Warbird is pretty sweet as well, but I can't think of a better bang for the buck bike than this...
http://www.blackmtncycles.com/p/blac...es-frames.html
here is mine BTW- the Paul Mini-Motos rock... just as nice (actually better) than the BB7's I had on my Vaya...
