Originally Posted by
chaadster
Well I, for one, am with Agent Pombero on this (pretty much)!
Props to Detroit Bike for doing it right and actually making-- which in a real American town like Detroit means welding sh*t together!-- the frames, painting them, and building them into bikes. That's where the real value is for me, especially in Detroit, where we so much need something we can proudly put that world famous "Made in Detroit" stamp on. Detroit Bikes rocks, and I'm excited to see where they go.
Yes, Detroit Bikes should get credit for making their bikes in the US. But the fact that they think you can fit all people to one size is the wrong way to do it. It doesn't take too much more effort to make model sizes to actually fit your riders. Other companies have made high quality bikes in the US in a range of sizes (there should be at least 4 sizes to cover the range they want to cover) and made a profit doing so. Make them right and people will buy your bikes. Detroit Bikes isn't making them right.