Yes, very nice.
And the bike’s not bad, either! 😉 Dunno about that purple jacket with the green, though… 😯
They are very very nice, but for about half the price you can get a UK frame builder to build you a totally custom frame, so I don’t quite see the point personally.
Someone like Chas Roberts or Dave Yates, it could be argued, has an equal pedigree, certainly in the British MTB scene (Roberts did frames for people like Tim Gould). And they would definitely be able to build just as lovely a bike. But that North American thing has a certain Kudos which the Brit custom builders don’t. And people would rather buy a bike from the US, Canada or Taiwan, it seems, than support the dying British bike building industry.
I’d have a Custom Chas Roberts, me; built in London! Lightweight tubing, filet brazing, custom bits, maybe even a fancy lug or two… And you could have a lot more input into it’s design and build.
But there’s no denying that FCs bike pisses over owt from a production line. Worth the money? Is a Cartier worth more than a Casio? Up to the buyer, really, in’t it? If it gives you pleasure, then surely it is.