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DeafLamb
03-09-04, 06:55 PM
Thinking about going to UBI (http://www.bikeschool.com) for a frame building class. Anyone ever taken them? How are they? After that I would be interested in apprenticing just because I doubt you can even come close to learning everything in years let alone 2 weeks. Is the common route for Frame Builders? Do many independent frame builders take on apprentices?

Thanks for the info.

Ray

lotek
03-09-04, 08:28 PM
Ray,
I know zilch about apprenticing with framebuilders,
however you can subscribe to the framebuilders list
at http://www.phred.org/mailman/listinfo/framebuilders
and post the question there.
Very interesting banter on this list if you're into that
kind of thing.

Marty
schwinnbikelove
03-09-04, 08:36 PM
I've been checking that place out, too. I'd also be interested in any info...

DeafLamb
03-10-04, 06:45 AM
Thanks for the info. I subscribed to that framebuilders site and will be checking it out further tonight.

Thanks again.

Ray
DeafLamb
03-10-04, 01:20 PM
Any framebuilders frequent these forms? Care to tell how you got started?

Thanks again.

Ray
jeff williams
03-11-04, 02:31 PM
thylacine? Makes frames, perhaps he'll post now that his name's been invoked.