Pointless thread.

My wife has a Bleriot, loves it.

Nothing else matters to me.

Buy the bike you love, ride it.

Btw, rivendell is simply the best known of the high end custom bike
makers. There are more expensive ones out there. Heck, Waterford
is semi-custom, but pick an expensive steel, add some custom lugs and
a designer paint job and the price would make me pass out.


To each their own...

speaking of which, my 'poor' man's Rivendell is a Gunnar Sport.
Got mine years ago for half what they sell for now.