I think I can give you one more reason to think about. The simple fact that no one really wants to admit: there is really very little difference between most bicycle frames. Without frame artwork, most people couldn't tell one from another at twenty feet. There are a few exceptions, of course, like the Baines on eBay right now, "curly" Hetchins, and so on. In a situation like this, small differences become far more significant. We all start looking at details, some of which may be extraordinarily small. It's easy to stand back, ignore those details, and wonder what all the fuss is about.
As for whether they are overpriced--I think they are in some sense, and are not in another sense. Certainly virtually any Herse is more special than, say, a "special edition" modern bike, for which you can expect to drop five or ten kilobucks, I guess. So, in that sense, a Herse is pretty cheap. But is it worth 15 times what I paid for my chrome Rossi? Not to me, I'm afraid.
Steve Maas
Dublin, Ireland
> I have to agree with Norris on this one. I also
\r?\n>think they are highly over priced just like that other
\r?\n>famous British frame maker with the initial "H". There
\r?\n>are some really wonderful frames which are just as
\r?\n>good such as the Baines that Norris mentioned and how
\r?\n>about George Stratton and Fred Higgins efforts.
\r?\n>Finally was Lily Herse a racer I always though that
\r?\n>she was a cyclotourists?
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\r?\n>Thats all for now. Keep those wheels spinning, in your memories if not still on the road. Be lucky Mick Butler Huntingdon UK.