Originally Posted by
mhespenheide
If the standard of excellence is being accurate to a half-centimeter, I'm quite sure many builders today can meet that!
I took this to be referring to the geometry of the bike, vis a vis "
the measurements of the length of the legs, body and arms." So my point was that the bike may indeed have been very special for the person for whom it was built, but it would likely be just another frame (in terms of ride quality) for someone with different proportions.