Originally Posted by
akatsuki
if they were around today, would probably be selling something similar.
You've got a point there.
I guess what bugs me is that BD's ad copy makes a big deal about TdF winning marques, when that connection is spurious to the extreme (the actual frames bearing those decals having been built by otherwise unaffiliated artisans).
Originally Posted by
akatsuki
Mark Nobilette is charging Herse prices for a Nobilette bike
I don't think he is charging an exorbitant premium for the marque.
AFAIK, no one in North America has ever built bikes to this standard, with these kinds of details before. A bike with custom components, wireless current transmission, extensive chroming, full accessories, etc. will cost $10k no matter whose name is on it.
The bikes are cool, but I'd still never want to explain that my Herse was built in Colorado. Sorry.