I agree...interesting thread...but...for some reason...wonder if there are others out there like me...I do not find the "one-off" bikes of custom builders to "get the heart pumping" as much as production bikes. When I see a well executed production bike, that really excites me. I guess it is because, given no limitations on money, any vision of a bike can come true...but...those are simply not available to most people...

Guess it is kind of like the difference in a Renoir...and some lesser artist...while I can appreciate the seeming perfection, I appreciate the more normal and mundane.

Anyone else out there like me? Am I making sense?

And...as I said...don't get me wrong...I can appreciate the beauty of a Sachs, Kvale, etc...but...I like the well executed and equally beautiful Raleigh Sport...