I guess it time to stick up some pictures of my new bike build.
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Hand build fillet brazed steel frame, build by my own fair hands.
After cutting and filling tubes, building up brazed fillets and a whole pile of finishing this is the result.
I finally bolted it all together in the camping field at Bristol Bikefest on the Friday night - so I guess shake down was my first lap.
Pretty darn happy with the way it rides, just need to fix on the head badge which is sat on my desk.
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More pics at http://www.flickr.com/photos/48742465@N04/
Thanks to Ron and Gary at UBI for their teachings and guidance, Martin for his painting skills and Andy and James at Rock and Road for their wheel building skills and relieving me of the cash for the rest of the parts.
What have I missed with posting pictures?
click the IMG box first, well done on the build
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That looks really nice .Well done that man!
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I guess it time to stick up some pictures of my new bike build.
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Hand build fillet brazed steel frame, build by my own fair hands.
After cutting and filling tubes, building up brazed fillets and a whole pile of finishing this is the result.
I finally bolted it all together in the camping field at Bristol Bikefest on the Friday night - so I guess shake down was my first lap.
Pretty darn happy with the way it rides, just need to fix on the head badge which is sat on my desk.
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More pics at http://www.flickr.com/photos/48742465@N04/
Thanks to Ron and Gary at UBI for their teachings and guidance, Martin for his painting skills and Andy and James at Rock and Road for their wheel building skills and relieving me of the cash for the rest of the parts.
edit - beaten to it, but nice bike.
very nice, hat's off to ya. I'd love to make my own bike.
Out of interest, what's that bottom bracket, and why that design rather than threading the shell?
Can you give a bit of background to this please? It looks amazing, so amazing I must have missed something. I mean you've built a frame to the kind of level most people would be happy to pay for. So either it's not that hard, it's not your first build or you're a ****ing genius (I kind of hope it's the last one!)
Seriously, looking at the pictures on Flickr it looks fantastic.
And it's fillet brazed; you don't see that so much these days. Is there a reason for that? As I understood it, fillet brazing is done at a lower temperature, is that right?
haha! thats quality you can make a bike frame but can't post pics!!
Whats the geo? is the eccentric bb custom made?
Nice, really nice - that must be so fulfilling! Even better if you could say you made the wheels, too.
Fillet brazed as it's a process I can continue in the garage/shed, without going to the expense buying a TIG welding machine.
TIG also takes alot of practice before you stop blowing holes enough to make a decent frame.
I'm an engineer so it's one of those things I've wanted to do for ages.
Can't remember the exact numbers, there on the drawing sat at work. 71deg Head, 74deg Seat, 23.25in Toptube.
Nothing amazingly different, basically some tweaks on my old Unit so it fits me better.
My own design EBB, I think they look cleaner. Easy to adjust and direct fit bearings.
Congrats, that is awesome. Building a frame is on my wish list and I've started researching. I hope mine will be as lush. 8)
Did you do your course in the States?
How did you get on?
Will you be making them on a slightly larger scale? I'd certainly consider buying one if affordable:-)
That looks great, that must be a top buzz nailing a nice bit of singletrack on a steed you built yourself.
I'd say that's the best looking bike I've seen on here, really really nice!
Very satisfying building your own frame. Bet you're already thinking about Mk II and the little improvements 🙂
Very similar to my Curtis SS, highly impressed with build and finish, only downer is rear facing slot on seatube.
All up though very well done