I'm with you 100%. I recently inquired of a local framebuilder to add some bosses to a frame and it was over $300 and that did not include powder coating. I know many custom frame builders that charge ~$50 at the time of ordering — huge delta and I bet the cost of adding them to production frames would be considerably lower.
I don't begrudge custom builders making a living, but that cost just wasn't worth it to me. I'm happy with hose clamps!
And while on the B-rad soap box, I used hose clamps to attach a B-rad plate to the bottom of my downtube and then attached a Bigfoot cargo cage for big day water carry. It all goes away for daily driving.
July 22, 2022, 7:08 a.m. - mikeynets
I'm with you 100%. I recently inquired of a local framebuilder to add some bosses to a frame and it was over $300 and that did not include powder coating. I know many custom frame builders that charge ~$50 at the time of ordering — huge delta and I bet the cost of adding them to production frames would be considerably lower. I don't begrudge custom builders making a living, but that cost just wasn't worth it to me. I'm happy with hose clamps! And while on the B-rad soap box, I used hose clamps to attach a B-rad plate to the bottom of my downtube and then attached a Bigfoot cargo cage for big day water carry. It all goes away for daily driving.