nice ...how would you describe the ride quality, and what do you like in particular about the Roberts make?

I got a Roberts because their shop was down the road from me when I lived in South London.  I wanted a classic British brand as a reminder of time spent there, and I like the resident builders and Chas (Roberts) when I dropped by to scope the place out.  Support local!  I also wanted the 953 stainless, and they were keen to do it.  The ride.. I really like it.  It was a whole new sensation riding steel, I’d always ridden/raced carbon - still have a C50, which I copied the proportions of for the Roberts.. with slightly sloping top tube to make it more responsive.  So really interesting to compare the rides - they couldn’t be more different, but good in their own ways.  On the road it cuts a solid straight line and you feel the surface and contours of the road.  The C50 in comparison blunts it all out, which is why people like carbon, and that can be disconcerting jumping straight off the steel, like a floaty armchair.  It sticks reassuringly to the tarmac on quick descents on bumpy roads, and being 84kg I put a lot of torsion on bikes and it’s rock solid.

Lovely. Just lovely.