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Bozeman Bike frame builder, Dave Kirk uses traditional touch for global business. Kirk Frameworks

Dave Kirk’s garage workshop is what used to be called a "cottage industry," emphasis on the "cottage." From the high-end workman’s table, the casual observer might guess that Kirk is a hobbyist craftsman. But it would take an aficionado’s knowledge to recognize the obscure posters for bicycle and automobile manufacturers.

"Be prepared to be underwhelmed," he warns potential visitors. "I’m just a guy with a big metal table. People come in here and say, ‘Where are the lasers?’ Well, here’s the hack saw."

Don’t be fooled. He may do everything by hand, but Kirk has sold more of his custom-made bicycle frames and forks in England than he has in Bozeman.

"A quirk of fate," said Kirk, who has never promoted himself locally. Or perhaps this is small-town business in the globalized age of Internet marketing.

Kirk Frameworks: http://www.kirkframeworks.com/

Full Story: http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/07/09/news/state/60-trad.txt

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