Originally Posted by
trelhak
a hand-made which is exactly what you want?
In many ways, I see GP being a victim of his own cult.
Steel got a lot more expensive. Which would have pushed the price of the Bleriot
up around a grand. On top of that, he got hit by discounting. Discounting can really
hurt a small business. It has killed off entire market segments in the past, don't overlook that.
Anyway.... there are a lot of changes he has to deal with. What he is doing will cut costs. It looks less cultish to me. Most frames will be 700 except in the small sizes. The two new frames will be 650b, but only if you're short. I'm only 5' 8" and it doesn't look like they will have a production 650b for me (assuming I could afford another bike). There's custom, but their waiting line is years. I don't want to start collecting retirement checks before the frame shows up!