The boutique custom steel framebuilding business isn't easy. I understand that one of the best, Mark DiNucci gets about $5500 for his framesets but he doesn't have a big wait list. The two steel framebuilders who supposedly have 5+ year wait list and can command top dollar for their framesets, i.e., $5500+ per frameset are Richard Sachs and Sasha White/Vanilla.
Others like Dave Kirk and Dave Wages/Ellis Cycles don't have as long a waitlist, but are getting about $4000/frameset. Still are others like Rivendell, who I believe contracts with Mark Nobilette (sp?), and Waterford and they get about $3500+ per frameset. BG is old school and his framesets go for top dollar too. I just don't think he has much business. Framebuilding is a tough business. Ask Brent Steelman. He was asking $5000+ for his framesets and is now completely out of the business, choosing to sell imported rugs instead and I understand he's doing very well. Good Luck! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
