Its nice seeing business being brought back into the Detroit area but they need it but if I'm going to pay that much then just buy a Waterford frame. I guess that's why I favor Detroit Bikes more because they do pretty much everything there...build their own wheels, actually building their own frames from raw Chromoly. Mind you it's straight gauge but hey they're building it from scratch. They start out their TIG welders pretty decent and for being in a pretty rough part of Detroit they've been holding it down. Mind you there's no flashing "Detroit Bikes" sign or any indication that they're doing anything bike related from the outside of the building but in that neighborhood you don't want it for fear of being broken into.

I got a tour of the facility this past summer so for kicking out the number of bikes they do it's a pretty laid back facility. If I lived closer but three hour round trip commutes are not worth it. Plus seeing people actually riding them around town and quite a few around the Eastern Market they have a really good fanbase. I've been to quite a few shops in the state and they have quite a few dealers carrying them and not just collecting dust. They're extremely reasonable in price for an American made...Detroit made bike.

Now if Shinola actually brings framebuilding to Detroit and makes the price more Michigan friendly then they'll get my attention but for now it's just a watch making company in my eyes. Anyone can get a frame made by someone else and then assemble it and call it their own.