Thanks for the reply. 
It was really useful.
I haven't been on Sheldon Brown's website since I purchased a hybrid 5 months ago, but I'll definitely look again. And I think my current hybrid has a horizontal dropout. I have a Shimano 8-speed internal gear hub, which usually requires a horizontal drop out to be easily installed, no? I'm currently in Japan, so I can't even check my bike.
Before I seriously considered building my own single speed last month, I thought I really wanted a road bike. After a few months of owning my hybrid (my first bike in 20 years (I'm 30)), I still love it, but I find that my bike is really heavy (Cromoly frame, 8-speed internal hub, rear rack, chain guard, mud guards, and anything else you can find on a commuter bike), and I also realised that I usually want to ride fast. I see people dressed up in all this cycling clothes, and many of them seem to ride so casually. What's the point of dressing up if you're going to ride slower than a guy wearing a down-filled vest and brown corduroy pants.
Anyway, I found 2 types of road bikes, and I think one was for racing, while the other was for longer-distance endurance rides, which seem to be built slightly more for comfort than a true racing road bike. I think I want the frame built for endurance. I live in Melbourne now (originally from Toronto!), and I'm not sure how willing bike shops would be of selling me just a frame without all the other components.
It was really useful.I haven't been on Sheldon Brown's website since I purchased a hybrid 5 months ago, but I'll definitely look again. And I think my current hybrid has a horizontal dropout. I have a Shimano 8-speed internal gear hub, which usually requires a horizontal drop out to be easily installed, no? I'm currently in Japan, so I can't even check my bike.
Before I seriously considered building my own single speed last month, I thought I really wanted a road bike. After a few months of owning my hybrid (my first bike in 20 years (I'm 30)), I still love it, but I find that my bike is really heavy (Cromoly frame, 8-speed internal hub, rear rack, chain guard, mud guards, and anything else you can find on a commuter bike
), and I also realised that I usually want to ride fast. I see people dressed up in all this cycling clothes, and many of them seem to ride so casually. What's the point of dressing up if you're going to ride slower than a guy wearing a down-filled vest and brown corduroy pants. Anyway, I found 2 types of road bikes, and I think one was for racing, while the other was for longer-distance endurance rides, which seem to be built slightly more for comfort than a true racing road bike. I think I want the frame built for endurance.
I live in Melbourne now (originally from Toronto!), and I'm not sure how willing bike shops would be of selling me just a frame without all the other components.
