There was a day when 90+% of custom frame consumption came from the race crowd, however, the refinements in carbon technology {specifically the coque’d-out gjemmie-jigs} have essentially annihilated the original customer base as the fetish focus shifted but the new pedaling revolution has blown life back into the industry as the urban street jacqondas have moved in on the scene and claimed the percentage as their own, acting as latter day saviors protecting the beast from extinction while these days the fiber-feather-weight-speed-bunch-outs make sideways cracks about the steel-is-real world but underneath the jocular e-jack’ulations there’s stëëll an appreciation of the craft hiding under all the superiority posturing.

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