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Old 07-05-19, 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by merziac
THAT is incredibly impressive.

I've always been surprised that there's no competent frame builders out there who are making a career (marque?) on making copies of turn of the century bicycles. You'd think there'd be enough of a market out there for at least one or two individuals to make something of it.

Or am I just weird in having a desire to actually be able to ride a '90's - '10's bicycle on a daily basis?
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