Fair comments, but if people only bought frames with a good rep then new guys would never be able to get involved.
Thing is, I've only just heard of this shop, I've not heard of Lombardi, so it's diffcuilt to go and spend that much money on a shop that just appear.
A good example would be Feather Cycles who slowly build his reputation by building bicycles for friends, friends spread words, more people got interested, more bike got bike (abiet experimenting), and now he's pretty known enough to the point that he make decent frame.
Looking at the Racer Rosa website doesn't really inspired confident from the get go.
Thing is, I've only just heard of this shop, I've not heard of Lombardi, so it's diffcuilt to go and spend that much money on a shop that just appear.
A good example would be Feather Cycles who slowly build his reputation by building bicycles for friends, friends spread words, more people got interested, more bike got bike (abiet experimenting), and now he's pretty known enough to the point that he make decent frame.
Looking at the Racer Rosa website doesn't really inspired confident from the get go.