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Old 03-15-07 | 01:25 PM
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Don't forget that if you want a steel Swift hand-cut frame that is fabricated and built in the U.S. by the co-designer/engineer, Jan VanderTuin, Then buy your Swift from Human Powered Machines in Oregon.
http://www.catoregon.org/hpm/swift.htm

It will cost you 100-200 dollars more than buying the aluminum frame from Peter, but you are getting a steel swift fabricated and built to order by Jan or by his apprentice Mac here in the U.S. If you prefer aluminum to steel, and you don't mind getting a frame made overseas, and you would like to save some dollars, then get your Swift from Peter in Brooklyn.

Basically for a couple hundred more dollars you get the same Swift with the addition of deore LX V-brakes, an all steel frame, and you get built-by-the-designer/made-in-U.S.A. quality. You also get a lifetime warranty on the frame, and your choice of around 20 different powder coating options.

Peter Reich is the person who originally recommended I buy my steel Swift from HPM in oregon since (at the time) he did not sell the steel frames anymore.
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