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@Smallfurry
Theres no reason an OTP cant be better than a custom bike. But wether you are talking about custom building the frame or building a custom bike from a OTP frameset, then this is a considerbly more expensive process than mass producing OTP bikes. So custom bikes will often be put together to a higher spec, to balance the costing of the bike. This is not always the case though.
I've probably said this before on this very thread but....
Custom (however you drfine it) is not neccesarily better, it just fits better, than OTP unless you are very lucky.
This OTP is £8k and far better a bike then I will ever own.
Yet if I were to win one tomorrow. I'd swap out the saddle, bars, and maybe even the stem. Not because they are not good enough, but because they just dont suit me.