Which of these two bikes do you like more?

[buddybikes]

Guess I am a bit bigoted, would want my ti welded here in the states, lots of good welders, we need to keep them employed

[Shane4XC]

Originally Posted by buddybikes

Guess I am a bit bigoted, would want my ti welded here in the states, lots of good welders, we need to keep them employed

For the states, none of them catch my eye except for no22. But they’re way outside my price range, so Chinese it is for me

Others I dream about (not US):
Prova and Baum. One can dream.

[kiwisimon]

The yen is cheap now, Vlad at Equilibrium does really nice bikes.

[Shane4XC]

Originally Posted by kiwisimon

The yen is cheap now, Vlad at Equilibrium does really nice bikes.

$9,000 for a frame set (with cockpit). Yikes. Guess the Yen isn’t doing THAT well