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Best place to get S & S couplers on bike
Mark Hickey wrote:
"Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman" wrote: Oil field pipe is typically 9" I.D./9-5/8" O.D. 57-ksi steel. I think this is a bit overkill for a bicycle frame unless the rider is a 40-foot tall giant. Chalo, can we get an opinion on this? I don't think that would be necessary. Maybe for a cargo trike. ;^) Chalo |
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Best place to get S & S couplers on bike
Ken Pisichko Wrote: bfd wrote: What's "lowest cost?" If you really want the cheapest price, look into to shipping getting a frame built in Taiwan. Even with the price of shipping, the cost of building a frame can't be beat. Then again, China has framebuilders too. So you may want to look into having one build there. No wait, Vietnam. I hear Vietnam has the lowest labor rate - less than $3/day. I bet there are framebuilders in Vietnam who can do it cheaper@! Other countries you may want to check out are Phillipines, Cambodia, Uzbekistan, Iraq - that may be a good choice!, Iran (just don't tell them you're danish) or countries in Africa! Any idea what a pipe fitter would charge to build a frame? The OP would not need S&S connectors for such a frame built of steel high pressure pipe - just a pipe wrench :-) Obviously a huge saving in not needing the connectors, AND USA unionized labour would be a patriotic benefit. Then of course if surplus oil field pipe was used there would be a positive "green effect" on the environment due to re-cycling. OTOH, I paid a fair bit of change for my frame built in Alberta with S&S connectors. The frame is really nice with powder coated paint and 48 spoke 26" wheels for bicycle touring in outback Australia for starters. There was no point in thinking cheap for travel out there - just to minimize/reduce the chances of getting stuck with Murphy out in the middle of no-where Australia out of cell-phone service range. Ken If you are going to build it out of pipe, forget about the threaded unions and just use Victaulic joiners. -- Dan Burkhart |
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