Quote Originally Posted by zank View Post
...Have a purpose for doing it. Don't become a framebuilder to just build frames. Become a framebuilder to address something about bikes that drives you nuts. Don't try to be all things to all people. Find a niche and carve it out. I wanted to build clean, simple, and well executed cyclocross and road bikes. Drill down and figure out why you want to build bikes. There has to be more meat there than just because they're cool.
That's beautiful.

I think this is Darren's repaint, btw: