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DIY bike
On Apr 18, 8:53 pm, "Gemma_k"
wrote: "Donga" wrote in message oups.com... On Apr 18, 3:55 pm, Brendo wrote: Just a side thought... I did some searching on the net and discovered I can get a full steel (is real) tubeset, plus all lugs, forks and braze-on's, from a mob in the UK for around $350Aus. Has anyone had a go at knocking up their own steel frame, and did they come away with something that was worthy of riding a lot? I figured I can spend $2k for a custom frame and fork, OR get the tubeset, lugs etc, oxy set, bench, vice, tools, waste a good number of weekends, and create Webb Cycles Mark 1, AND still have $1000 in my pocket, AND a shed full of tools. First, I need the shed, but that is a minor detail. Any thoughts? Brendo If you are in Adelaide, chat to Peter Good (Thorogood bikes). He's taught framebuilding to quite a few people. ...and I could be wrong, but I reckon his latest steed is an off-the-shelf carbon bike (azzuri?) :-) Gemm- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - O-oh, hell just froze over! Donga |
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