Originally Posted by
indyfabz
I am talking new custom ti. Actually a great value when you consider how much time the builder spent designing and building the frame. He's building one for my ex. We are supposed to go see it Saturday. Always fun to visit. Amazing place. He's got a machine for each tube/piece of the frame. One of them is a lathe from the 50s that was used by the Department of the Navy. And now that he has his own CNC mille he even makes his own dropouts.
When I ordered my frame he was not quite ready to offer disc brakes. I didn't want to wait another 4 months so I went with rim brakes.
Funny thing about value. Everyone wants to make a million dollars an hour, spend 2 million an hour, and pay their gardeners, employees, babysitters .01 dollars per hour.
Coworker brought in some sheet metal from I think a 1930’s Chevy truck. On our breaks or downtime he was hammering it straight, tacking here, there, etc.
He commented to me about the quote he got from a professional body guy. Another coworker said “that’s a rip off.” I asked how many hours he thought. Quickly we worked it out the body guy would be charging ~100$/hour.
I commented something like “That’s what I figured it was going to be. Dude- everyone self employed in so cal needs to charge at least that just to keep a decent standard of living.”