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He stole the design for the standard Geekhouse lo-pro from another frame builder in the US. Boots (of Icarus Bikes) frequently has to fix the Geekhouses as Marty doesn't understand how strong a frame has to be, and technically isn't a very good builder. And he has had numerous frames returned to him by buyers because they are shit. The original frames were all built by some factory somewhere in the US because he couldn't build. Then most were half built by Boots, and now, maybe now he can finally build is own frames on his own, but I couldn't say for sure either way. His History just doesn't make me think he is a sound frame builder.
And then 2cm to Marty's right or left, in the same Warehouse is Boots who builds Icarus bikes, who trained under Yamaguchi (sp?) and builds full custom builds that are not only structuraly sound but simply devine.
Geekhouse looks like a good custom frame builder, and Marty is good at marketing. But its an illusion, and his reputation in the states, I am told is a lot less positive.