[Gandalfe]

This Slate piece has a nice almost mythical feel to it as they discuss the trend towards building your own bike:

"Feeling a bit flush with the aura of this work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction, I hop on the bike, something greater than the sum of its parts, and ride home."

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[BeginnerCycling]

Nice article! (I like your quote too!)

Best,
Rob

 

[bikebum1975]

Ah great article. Nothing like seeing something run for the first time that was built by your own 2 hands. I have yet to build a bike myself in the book of somedays. But I do build computers and that rush when it turns on the first time is great after so many hours of working on it.