Originally Posted by
Bob Ross
Interesting perspective; I would have thought the "custom designed expressly for your body type and riding style" would be the more obvious takeaway from what Crumpton offers. I don't believe any of the other brands mentioned in this thread do that, except for some of the Parlee models.
Ha, yeah, fair point. I also collect watches - and there, hand-finished is a big aspect of what appeals to me. However, with bikes, it isnt *purely* about soft stuff like brand, history, etc - while i care about that, performance, engineering, etc are probably a little more important. The soft stuff would be the tiebreaker. And custom geometry doesnt reallly do much for me - can fit into stock geometries just fine. Also, rightly or wrongly, I dont think an individual builder can customize ride characteristics (stiffness, etc) the same way a big company with a team of engineers can. In other words, i think brands like Spesh, Trek, Giant etc can make better engineered bikes than individual builders.