"Opinions may differ, but most people don't consider a production facility that employs anonymous craftsmen to construct custom bikes to be top-shelf"
Anonymous craftsmen, there ought to be a Toby Keith song...
I'm with Sachs on that, a guy working all day at the same thing can be the best of the best. It's the market that governs. You need to sell a 1000 bikes a year or 40, there just aren't 1000 people who will sign up for an Ellis Classic, but the same guy made a thousand bikes for Waterford.