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Tim McNamara
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In article <[email protected]>, Jasper Janssen <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Jun 2003 10:29:00 -0500, Tim McNamara <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >There are rather more than 20 custom frame builders in the US who will build you a work of art.
>
> But are there any custom frame builders who will build you a decent frame, for comparitively
> little money, rather than a work of art that costs more than most of the bikes I lust after, let
> alone buy?
Good question. I am sure that most builders would go "utilitarian" if that was your desire, rather
than all the full-on detail work. There are no doubt exceptions, too, perfectionists who want to
make very frame the perfect expression of their art.
However, you can get a *great* off-the-rack frame from- among others- Heron or Rivendell (the
Rambouillet frame) for about $1000 that would be 95% of a custom frame costing two to three times as
much. Few people really need custom measured frames, since most humans are normally proportioned.
> On Tue, 03 Jun 2003 10:29:00 -0500, Tim McNamara <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >There are rather more than 20 custom frame builders in the US who will build you a work of art.
>
> But are there any custom frame builders who will build you a decent frame, for comparitively
> little money, rather than a work of art that costs more than most of the bikes I lust after, let
> alone buy?
Good question. I am sure that most builders would go "utilitarian" if that was your desire, rather
than all the full-on detail work. There are no doubt exceptions, too, perfectionists who want to
make very frame the perfect expression of their art.
However, you can get a *great* off-the-rack frame from- among others- Heron or Rivendell (the
Rambouillet frame) for about $1000 that would be 95% of a custom frame costing two to three times as
much. Few people really need custom measured frames, since most humans are normally proportioned.