Well, we haven’t looked at a new frame here in a while. How about the Superstar Mirror, the new signature frame of Antony Lille (as discovered on the Pijin blog):

You’ll note that it’s only available in 21/13.4″, making it a true signature frame, i.e. this is exactly what he rides. Well as far as you know. The built-in seatpost is closer to that of the old T1 Garrett than the Sunday Ian or the Mutiny Cosmotron, and not only because it uses those quaint old railed seats (can you still get Marvin’s Guts?). It’s also an actual seatpost as opposed to guts welded to the toptube/seatstay junction. There also appears to be a groove near the base that you can use as a guide if you’d rather just hacksaw the whole mess off and run a regular seatpost setup. Neat.
The dropouts are pretty incredible. You couldn’t cut them much thinner. It doesn’t surprise me that peg use would void the warranty (although, presumably, Micropeg usage wouldn’t, since they say they’re fine right before mentioning the whole warranty-voiding thing). I’m also impressed by the 75.3 degree headtube, as I’ve always thought that 75 degree headtubes were just a touch too slack. Brilliant! Now I can finally stop running a 1.75″ up front. Toss in the laid-back 69 degree seattube angle, and, well, I have no idea whether the toptube length even means anything anymore.
Other than that, just the necessities—built-in tensioners, removable brake hardware, post-weld heat treating. Which means it should cost somewhere in the neighborhood of…what? $420? $450? They tell you everything except the price. Of course.

























