Could anyone spare some time to answer a few questions?

[Craig Ryan]

I was surprised to see that most people agreed there is not a resurgence of handbuilt bikes. Just looking at these boards, one would guess there is threefold the number of handbuilt bike builders then there were in the nineties. The cottage industry surrounding handbuilt bikes would probably be a better witness to the growth. The number of people building jigs for people to build bikes has doubled in the past 10 years. IMO

There are more people making fewer bikes. We are in the age of the "gentleman builder."

[Andrew R Stewart]

I started to use this term maybe 10+ years ago to discribe myself. Except my customers have been me and a spouse. Andy.