Framebuilders - Show us your builds

I'll start with my first bamboo frame.

http://homepage.mac.com/awcg/.Pictures/X1/Side.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m50/Nessism1/Picture136.jpg
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m50/Nessism1/DSC01479.jpg
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m50/Nessism1/Black9.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m50/Nessism1/Red1.jpg
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m50/Nessism1/Red3.jpg
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m50/Nessism1/Red2.jpg

Those are beautiful, Nessism.

My fixed gear bike from this spring:

http://os2.dhs.org/~john/fixed-frame/completed.jpg

Build progress is here: http://picasaweb.google.com/JohnDThompson/FixedFrame#

French style randonneur builds.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a101/Noel3006/bikepic1.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a101/Noel3006/Bicycle1.jpg

Are you using French bottom brackets too?
Gorgeous.

No, I used Henry James until they switched suppliers. Now I use Long Shen.

I wish I was a better photographer, because this frame looked a lot sweeter in person than in my crappy photos. Did the paint all in powder, which is why it's only a simple 2 color.

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo194/sannerbikes700/frame.jpg

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo194/sannerbikes700/lowerheadlug.jpg

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo194/sannerbikes700/logo.jpg

Some super nice frames you guys. Truly fantastic. Keep those photos coming.:)

New personal bike
Tim

Sweet bikes Nessism! You also have very good taste in saddles, I have been building a collection of those over the past few years so that I am never without one. Nice builds.

Here is the first and only mountain bike that I have built as a custom builder. Ian wanted to try out the Carbon Drive System's belt-drive and here it is.

This is my new touring bike currently set up as a 1x9 commuter.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b269/misterchezpt/bigcictycycle.jpg

How tall are you and what is the size of those rims?

Im about 5'9" tall. The rims are 700c (mavic A719) - the bottom bracket is about 23" off the ground (seat height ~51" off the ground)

I would provide some geometry, but all the plans are just hand drawn 1x1 on paper - which are lurking somewhere. :twitchy: I dont remember almost any of the exact measurements off hand.

Right on. May be the only purpose built tall touring bike I've ever seen. Cool.

Cool! What did you use for chainstays?

How do you like the height? I had a touring bike with a high BB at one point, at least 10 inches lower than yours. Still gave me a feeling of being up high and seeing everything. I slightly resented it when it got really windy.

Bump

http://web.me.com/awcg/iWeb/Springwood/Library_files/Lugs.jpg

It does more than tour :thumb:

Are those 650s on the bamboo frame? Also, glad to see the dynamo/planetary geared hubs.

700c x 32

Thanks, I'm a dynamo/IGH diehard.

http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/oo72/JohnMorciglio/IMG_2108.jpgHello,
New to the forum,but have been lurking for a while.
Been building frames for almost 2 years now.
Here are a couple of my builds;

http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/oo72/JohnMorciglio/IMG_2127.jpg

First time loading pics here,so having some teething pains.

JM

Built in June of '04, this one is affectionately called my "Beater", implying it's a daily a driver and NOT a parade bike. Weighs a smidgen over 11 kg.

http://i32.tinypic.com/3495bvs.jpg

http://i25.tinypic.com/do2oar.jpg

Johnny, those are astounding.

^^^ fast in a wind tunnel - faster in a wind tunnel facing downhill.

slick builds.

http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/oo72/JohnMorciglio/IMG_2127.jpg



Is this the Bat-mo-cycle?
Cool builds

my ride aint as good as the last pic but here's what i build
http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss141/proxcustoms/Photo1024-1.jpg
http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss141/proxcustoms/DSC00266.jpg

JohnnyMagic, that recumbent is incredible!

PaPa, where are the shift levers on your "beater"? (Probably a silly question, but I can't see them in the photo).

Airburst, The first images were taken the day after paint by a visiting relative (it was also sans the rear brake and cable at the time). The image below is a more recent grab of the same 'bent, taken by me. Resprayed and built at the request of one of my grandkids.

http://i37.tinypic.com/2m47sq8.jpg

very nice ^.

that is some serious fork rake.

very nice ^.

that is some serious fork rake.Thank you. The 'serious' rake is necessary to eliminate excessive trail, thus eliminating dreaded 'flop'.

A little thing I slapped together 27 or 28 years ago and raced on when I was a kid. Dug it out of my mother-in-law's basement last fall and semi-modernized it. It's also in the Franken-bike thread due to the mish-mash of parts.
It could use a new paint job. I wanted to see if I still liked it before putting any $ into it.
It rides pretty well, I'm happy to say.
http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab15/dunncrew/MyBike1.jpg

http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab15/dunncrew/MyBike2.jpg

http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab15/dunncrew/MyBike3.jpg

http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab15/dunncrew/MyBike4.jpg

Nicely done! Green Bay Packer colors, too! :thumb:

Those colors were really based on my first team colors. I'm thinking of repainting it and adding some braze-ons, but can't decide on a color ... too many choices.

Henry James lugs & fork crown, btw.

Here's my builds.
My daily ride. Tough and comfortable. 2.7 lb frame. Bamboo and carbon. 16.2lbs complete.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hKszwMOc2rY/StfZHDxkJXI/AAAAAAAANMQ/8TaYjjmyVuE/s912/IMG_0616.JPG
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_hKszwMOc2rY/StfZlsaYhaI/AAAAAAAANM0/GVwq0K62klo/s912/IMG_0623.JPG
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hKszwMOc2rY/SsKZNapoTJI/AAAAAAAANDc/0DsSymyrfSE/s640/IMG_0508.JPG


The race machine. 2.6lbs frame. Bamboo and carbon. This was actually too stiff to be a daily ride. This bike weighed 14.5lbs.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hKszwMOc2rY/SqcPdXXs8RI/AAAAAAAAM3I/RU_pbJpEMlY/s912/_DSC0687-1.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a101/Noel3006/IMG_0245.jpg

British style fixed gear touring bike, thrown together with tubes and lugs from various abandoned projects. Mostly Reynolds 531, with some True Temper thrown in. Lugs are probably a mix of Henry James and Long Shen. Fork blades are 531 Imperial oval with Nervex crown.

6 jours, are those the 27mm Dugasts you have on there? I'm going to need to replace this last pair of Clement Campionato del Mondo's sometime this year and was looking at the 27mm cotton Dugast's...if they're worth the expense.

Yes, they are. They ride as well as the del Mondos but are much more difficult to mount. For the price they ought to be perfect, but as far as I can tell they are the only fat tubulars left.

THIS THREAD IS AMAZING! i wish i could build frames

Here's my builds.
My daily ride. Tough and comfortable. 2.7 lb frame. Bamboo and carbon. 16.2lbs complete.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hKszwMOc2rY/StfZHDxkJXI/AAAAAAAANMQ/8TaYjjmyVuE/s912/IMG_0616.JPG
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_hKszwMOc2rY/StfZlsaYhaI/AAAAAAAANM0/GVwq0K62klo/s912/IMG_0623.JPG
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hKszwMOc2rY/SsKZNapoTJI/AAAAAAAANDc/0DsSymyrfSE/s640/IMG_0508.JPG


The race machine. 2.6lbs frame. Bamboo and carbon. This was actually too stiff to be a daily ride. This bike weighed 14.5lbs.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hKszwMOc2rY/SqcPdXXs8RI/AAAAAAAAM3I/RU_pbJpEMlY/s912/_DSC0687-1.jpg

Did you make the carbon lugs yourself?

6 jours, are those the 27mm Dugasts you have on there? I'm going to need to replace this last pair of Clement Campionato del Mondo's sometime this year and was looking at the 27mm cotton Dugast's...if they're worth the expense.
Go with FMBs, they are by far the better tire.

What makes them better? In my experience, all handmade tubulars of the last few decades are perfectly round, perfectly straight, roll wonderfully, and are very puncture resistant. While some have been slightly better than others, I have never seen one anywhere near "by far better" than any other one.

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m50/Nessism1/Picture136.jpg


this is really perfect frameset, would like to have something like that one day

here's my first try at building
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Just finished the seat cluster on my frame (number one, rando geometry). I used a semi-wrap style that was inspired by an Ebisu:

http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs085.snc3/15321_1417569636840_1160592711_31245612_3423759_n.jpg

Shot from behind. Obviously, I have yet to clean the flux:

http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs085.snc3/15321_1417569676841_1160592711_31245613_689540_n.jpg

And here's the whole frame:

http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs085.snc3/15321_1417569596839_1160592711_31245611_8259656_n.jpg

And the fork:

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs492.ash1/26887_1403282079660_1160592711_31215592_4832651_n.jpg

Updated, got most of the braze-ons done (only the chainstay bridge remains to be done), and spent much of my free time this past week doing clean-up. I'm quite happy with the seat cluster.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs466.ash1/25596_1429425533230_1160592711_31278851_8146326_n.jpg

http://hphotos-sjc1.fbcdn.net/hs466.snc3/25596_1429425573231_1160592711_31278852_4516326_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs466.snc3/25596_1429425653233_1160592711_31278854_6958954_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs466.snc3/25596_1429425853238_1160592711_31278856_2821836_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs466.ash1/25596_1429425933240_1160592711_31278858_3661932_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs466.snc3/25596_1429426093244_1160592711_31278862_8007584_n.jpg

http://hphotos-sjc1.fbcdn.net/hs466.snc3/25596_1429426133245_1160592711_31278863_1059255_n.jpg

I should finish it this week, and will send it off to FreshFrames once I'm done all of the cleanup. So far, I'm thinking of going with a dark orange with cream colored head tube and seat tube panels for the color scheme.

Pete

Coming along nicely!

I like the rolled in seatstay caps.

Did you make the carbon lugs yourself?

i would like to know this as well. more specifically, how did you make them? the reason i ask is because i have made my own full carbon frame, and am looking for better manufacturing methods
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/2962/img1701a.jpg

In progress FWD Trike. Waiting for a lazy welder to showup. Some important areas will be welded and the rest of the steel brazed. Not all tubes shown. Rear frame and front BB frame slide in and bolt to center drive aluminum power assy.

Picture size too large!? Let me update it.

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here is the first bike i built. i was originally going to scrap the frame after i cut the brake bracket off the front shocks that i had on it but i decided to build it just for kicks. i decided to cut and weld the front shocks to the rear. i welded the brake bracket from the shocks to a set of forks that were ment for 26 inch tire so that i could use a 20 inch tire in the front and stop. the only real difficult part was finding cables long enough to reach the shifters for free. i built and painted this entire bike for free.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_u26Z1RDZ_Po/TAXrwgm7QGI/AAAAAAAAArc/X1D6ZnrAxmg/obj39geo77pg5p8.png

here is the first bike i built. i was originally going to scrap the frame after i cut the brake bracket off the front shocks that i had on it but i decided to build it just for kicks. i decided to cut and weld the front shocks to the rear. i welded the brake bracket from the shocks to a set of forks that were ment for 26 inch tire so that i could use a 20 inch tire in the front and stop. the only real difficult part was finding cables long enough to reach the shifters for free. i built and painted this entire bike for free.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_u26Z1RDZ_Po/TAXrwgm7QGI/AAAAAAAAArc/X1D6ZnrAxmg/obj39geo77pg5p8.png

Nice! Have you posted this on the alt-bikes forum too?