You mentioned focusing on carbon as a way to find a niche for yourself as a custom builder in a time when the steel custom marketplace was fairly saturated. You certainly were right on in seeing the rise in the demand for carbon. Seems to me the other side of that coin, though, is that there is a vocal, almost fanatical, buying community for custom steel. Does that exist in the same way for custom carbon? And as local bike stores increasingly carry the pro-sponsoring, high-end carbon bike brands, is it becoming more or less difficult to find the people who appreciate the custom option for carbon?

Mike