Hip Hop Skid Bikes / Hipster Sleds / HHSB

they're getting away with the 'custom handmade' thing by saying that they make them when you order a frame, but to fit their specific sizing chart. Although the way he seems to be knocking them out atm he must have a few pre made.

Fuppin' ell! @Antidotes

the guy sittin next to the specialized...we used to live together in Brooklyn! that's Cordell, on instagram he's @stayalivestudio

Bloody hell, just had a look and Andrew Low// wants $2300 for his frames nowadays? Wasn't it about $1000 less than a year ago?

fork isn't made by low. pedalroom says raphael cycles.

@Hekla didn't Low// have an option where it would come with a steel fork rather than alpina forks (to emulate the cannondale track I suppose? The steel/aluminium combo)

Also @B0N0R yeah! The price was around $1100 including alpina forks around 2/3 years ago.

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WDFFFF ? kuwahrawhat?

Yeah, Low does offer a "custom" frame for $2600-ish....they'll build it on your specs. Still pricey though.
They definitely build bikes for the "colorways"/Supreme/Illest/Cadence crowd. That and the fact you can get SF'ers to pay $15 for a cup of drip coffee and they'll still line up out the door if there is a perception of it being better. That city makes NY'ers look thrifty.

SF is so damn expensive now..I was thinking of moving there, but I was looking at house prices and rented properties....fuck that.

that's looking mint man, so aggro

so for only $300s more you get to totally custom it? Makes the basic one seem even more ridiculous to be honest.

I paid £4 for a drip coffee the otherday, daylight fucking robbery

Functional bike thread >>>

fuck, I'm going to learn how to weld alu and start banging out track bikes.

Low must have even changed that in the last month or two. My friend was thinking about a Low Pursuit until he realized it was 2X the price he had in mind. clearly remember seeing the $2600 listed as the base cost for a custom frame on the order page....I even went back to the emails and checked the links. Same links but I now see there is no price listed for custom....makes me wonder if that got jacked up as well.

Yeah, SF is nuts. Prices are getting near Chelsea/Knightsbridge territory. I would definitely spend time in SF before deciding to move. I lived there awhile and just couldn't handle the tech scene...so many venture capital/Standford bros just ruining the city/culture. I actually found the people more vapid than LA/Orange County.
I was back there recently and didn't recognize half the areas.
Back to bikes, sorry for the rant.

No the saddle is too high for the low drops...>>> Hip hop

No the saddle is too high for the low drops...>>> Hip hop

And the gears, saddle, rack, lights, bell, fenders (basically every part) are very unslave. Isn't this just a slave road bike with fenders and a rack by your definition?

But you recently invented a whole nother category, so who am I to say! :D

2016

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Ha I didnte expect to see my old Raleigh in this thread, where did you find it?

in page 105 of functional...
Verry verry nice bike but slave position ; )

And the gears, saddle, rack, lights, bell, fenders (basically every part) are very unslave. Isn't this just a slave road bike with fenders and a rack by your definition?

What ? 0_0 : )

in page 105 of functional...

So it was in the right thread after all! ;)

Anyway, less talking:

That all comes together very well.

Just rebrand Mielec innit, I'm sure Mr.Low would love that. :p

low isnt custom, but it is handmade in usa. They have stock sizes and I dont think they ever marketed them as being custom.

back in 2011 mine was 850 dollars frame only, and euro was about 1.6 dollars back then, so they werent even that expensive. Back then custom geometry was +500 extra.

I dont think they ever marketed them as being custom.

Back then custom geometry was +500 extra.

So how does that work then?