Forum: Framebuilders

Well, I'm starting to wonder. In July I paid my deposit after working out most of the details; I asked him for a rough guess on a timeframe (I know that ordering a frame like this is NOT "instant gratification"...but I just wanted a ballpark) and his answer was "It's too hard to estimate right...

I'm considering taking Yamaguchi's bike building class. I don't want lugs, I want a brazed frame - the smoothness of the joints is what attracts me. That said, if I take his class, then I'm the one doing them, and they might not come out so smooth, haha. I'm hoping some frame builders here can...

Hello, I've never built a bicycle frame before,but want to give it a shot. I've started reading the Paterek book,along with the forums,and I am thinking of pulling the trigger on the tube/BB/lug set in the link below: ...

I built my first lugged frame in a frame building class and am very new to brazing (no experience aside from the class). I'm hoping that someone can help me make a purchasing decision. I have been reading this thread, http://www.bikeforums.net/archive/index.php/t-256180.html, and am under the...

I'm hoping this isn't inappropriate... I'm looking for a new randonneur style frame (think Ebisu -- lugged steel, classic design). I had been working with a pretty well-known local framebuilder to build a web site for him in exchange for a frame or two; for a number of reasons (feature creep,...

Please look past the crude sketch: http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p175/keirnan/frame.jpg I am designing a frame that is somewhere in between road & track geometry. Theses numbers seem pretty good to me, I'm just curious if anyone has an thoughts. I mainly do short rides (10-20mi) with...

I have a miyata and I was over tightening the rear wheel the past few years and the dropouts started spreading apart and it was wearing away the metal around the nut on the dropout. I can't take pictures, unfortunately, but I'm thinking I could just bend the dropouts back and get a frame builder to...

Just got some new parts in, a Columbus rear triangle and fork. The main triangle will be bamboo. I'm clearing off the bench right now. More to come.

I bashed up a cable guide on my steel Niner MCR. If possible I'd like to see about having it repaired. How doable is this repair? Pictures of the damage below. http://i34.tinypic.com/2ykltgl.jpg http://i38.tinypic.com/2djaooj.jpg PS the tubes are wrapped with old tubes for protections. ...

The gears are turning here. Are trail and HTA usually about the same for similar handling regardless of wheel size? More specifically, to more or less copy the handling of my nonsuspension 26 in tourer, could I just figue out the existing HTA and trail, then use those specs with an adjusted...

Is there a good way to convert a french BB to english? Will running my english tap through to the trick, or should I fill with brass and cut new threads?

Stupid question for the guys/gals in the know: does titanium weaken with use and age? I am thinking about buying an older (mid-90's) used ti road frameset, but don't know whether or not to 'trust' the bike and therefore am seeking your advice. I am a bigger rider who will be using it for a long day...

I guess I should have asked here first. I just got a UO-8 because I wanted to see how it's unusual front end geometry feels. Repairing the headset I found the steer tube is bent, enough that a good headset will show some binding. I know it is possible to replace a steer tube, but this is a CHEEP...

Does anyone know who I could send my forks to, to bend them into more of a flexy bend, like a touring bike? They are on my Bridgestone 300.

Does anyone know anything about a framebuilder that worked in Brookfield, CT back in the 70's and early 80's? I believe his first name was Fred and I recall that he had been on the 1936 German Olympic Bicycling team. He also used to ride occasionally in the Hartford Criterium. He made some...