In addition, if you are basing your purchases, not just bikes but objects in general, on this type of questioning...... Well, you are in for a long, long, long day at the store. If he made them himself, you would be paying twice the amount and his business would not be what it is today. If your only niche in the bike building industry is single speed road frames....well, it better be a hobby. There is just not enough of us (buyers) to go around.