We started LaMere Cycles over 10 years ago with the goal of offering our customers an incredible value on a custom carbon bicycle at a great price, usually about $2000 less than bike shop pricing as we buy and sell direct worldwide. We purchase our carbon frames and rims direct from the top Asian factories, and for all other parts we skip distributors and purchase directly at OEM pricing from Shimano, Sram, Fox, RaceFace and all the other major bike industry vendors. We build each bike and wheelset by hand here in Minneapolis, USA according to your spex, and can help you out as much as you want with aspects of a modern bike build you're not totally current on. Contact us via email or phone any time and we'll put together a build sheet for you showing gram weight of each part and total price.