Richard M Sachs <richardsachs@juno.com> wrote:"Hand Made in the U.S.A." and the text uses words like, "...the hand-building process...", and, "Craftsmen then finish the unique frame with..." the price-$12,000.
For good or for ill, those statements are probably true. Cannondale does do custom geometry, so there is such thing as a unique (one-off) 'dale. They are hand-welded by welders who could be considered craftsman. I think it stretches things a bit, but mostly this reflects a different perspective on what hand craftsmanship is. $12K???? whatta country indeed. I could have an Ottotrot for less!
Tom Dalton
Bethlehem, PA
heavily snipped: "Bingham, Wayne R." writes: These are certainly contemporary bikes, but built with a leaning toward classic style and esthetics. Saying that small builders doing it is okay and large builders doing it is only a marketing
gimmick is missing the point. It's happening because there is a market for it, and I think that's a GOOD thing. Wayne Bingham
correctimundo!!! fwiw, years ago, maynard hershon wrote a piece on the phenomenom of 'co-opting smallness'. it appeared in velonews. it is EXTREMELY relevant to this thread. it used, among other things, the producing/marketing of crafted and microbrewed beers by the larger beer companies, as an example, inferring that they (the corporations) wanted to glom on to the touchy-feely wholesomeness of doing it the ol' fashioned way. a great piece. the story, that is. additionally-the current issue of The Robb Report exposes the Cannondale Custom. it says it's "Hand Made in the U.S.A." and the text uses words like, "...the hand-building process...", and, "Craftsmen then finish the unique frame with..." the price-$12,000. whatda country. e-RICHIE chester, ct _______________________________________________
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