"I build the frame around the unique proportions of the person that will be riding it."

I Build Framesets
The main frame and fork are designed and manufactured together to achieve a desired result. It is simply a bad idea to put an off the shelf fork on a custom designed bicycle that it was not designed for. If you absolutely must have a carbon fork on your Daltex, let me know early on in the design process. I can integrate your carbon fork’s unique specs into the bicycle design. As you might have guessed, I’d much prefer to design and build the fork along with the frameset.

How Much Will It Weigh
All high quality bicycle frames, regardless of material, weigh about 3 pounds to 3.5 pounds. Looking at the frame alone, an 8 ounce difference may seem significant. However, your frame isn’t going anywhere without components. Including components, you are looking at an 8 ounce difference in relation to 16 pound bicycle. However your bicycle isn’t going anywhere without it’s rider. Now add 165 pounds to that 16 pound bicycle. That 8 ounce difference comes out to be less than one-third of one percent difference for bicycle and rider. The reality is that one third of one percent difference in weight can in no way affect performance in any measurable way.

Why Are People Obsessed With Weight?
Weight is an easy numerical concept to understand. One of the easiest related to bicycle design. I meet riders everyday who can tell you how much their bikes weigh down to the gram – yet they have no idea what their wheelbase is or the rake of their fork. Both of these numbers affect performance much, much more than a half percent weight difference ever could.