As far as I'm concerned, as long as they don't hack off the braze-ons or derailleur hangers, these ladies can do what they please. Services are being provided, money changes hands, and a need is fulfilled. Sure, some of the bikes are kinda tacky, and if it were me running Frankencycle, I'd definitely have a stable of lesser bikes to offer as an alternative to converting a more valued and/or collectable bike. They apparently don't care or are ignorant of the C&V community, and just convert whatever they get their hands on, without regard to the value of the bike. Their mission statement and marketing plan apparently is oriented toward women (and some men with flamboyant tastes in bikes) and if it looks pretty to them, then that's fine. I do admire their drive, even if it's a bit misguided in our view of bikes.

I've done three SS/FG conversions that I've sold to some of our local hipsters in Indy, but I didn't hack off stuff and repaint anything. Now, what they have done with them I don't know or care, but I sell up the classic look of the frame and simplicity of experience, and that seems to work.

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