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That's super interesting, I wonder how much the price is able to come down as things get cheaper. It's a bit rough and ready looking considering what £4.5k would get you from other builders tho!
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Indeed, If I was shelling out for custom I think I'd still want the artizan touch...
I guess that unless one of the big manufacturers decided that mass customisation is the way to go, it's never going to come down low enough to compete with a carbon moulding -
I think the stainless example Rik Van Looy posted earlier looked much nicer, the titanium
one still feels like a home made prototype and finish isn't much better than that old Charge
bike from 2012.
Rik_Van_Looy
sohi
While we're on the subject of printing lugs and dropouts, here's a few more examples...
Tom Sturdy uses AM lugs to optimise build time.
Plain cut tubes TIG welded to printed titanium lugs is a good effort at DfAM (Design for Additive Manufacturing) the process is repeatable and can be scaled and easily automated/controlled.
Mass customisation at £4500 for a titanium frame.