Re: unabashed plug, Crumpton

dustoyevsky wrote:
>
> I guess this would fit in the "local pride" category:
>
> http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1137960420?bctid=1539...
>
> Yeah yeah, I know the source. Offered in spite of.
>
> Suffice to say, the guy who owns this bike is somewhat patiently
> waiting for it to re-appear from the bowels of ****pping (and Bicycling
> Magazine).

Funny-- I've been part of the cycling scene here in Austin for over
twenty years, minus the years of 2001-2006 that I spent in Seattle.
I've never even heard of Nick Crumpton or his bikes.  I guess he must
limit his public interface to only the scowling plum-smugglers of our
fair city.

I wonder how much he'd charge for a longtail cargo bike frame?  Or a
sociable tandem?  I think handbuilding should be used where it yields
noteworthy benefits.  I mean, can't someone buy a plastic road bike
basically indistinguishable from that one just about anywhere for a
whole lot less money?

I guess a lot of folks who are indiscriminate enough to drop $9k on a
bike must want something just like what they've already got, only more
expensive.  If one of the consequences is a guy making bikes by hand
and earning a decent living for his work, though, then that's OK by
me.

Chalo