Framebuilding but not as we know it
05-03-23, 03:27 PM
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Framebuilding but not as we know it
This guy is a very creative and talented fabricator who usually makes strange off-road buggies and things. Quite interesting to see him tackle a bicycle frame (about which he seems to have zero prior knowledge, not even knowing terms like "head tube") with a "jig" made of bricks and bungee ropes, MIG and mild steel tubing. Lots of mild steel tubing. 18lbs of it in the front triangle. He runs into a few other problems as well.
05-04-23, 10:17 AM
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One of the really attractive aspects of bicycles is their being a platform for so much thought and redesign as we seek better results. How many thousands of people in the last 150ish years have tried to "improve" or modify a bike? Watching someone think and try ideas is fun for me, although in my bike centric way I might have a smile as I listen to the terms and assumptions they're making. Andy
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The one thing that has always bothered me about most bicycle innovators is how they don't try to understand why bikes are the way they are now before innovating. And also never bother to find out that their invention was previously invented in 1937.
This doesn't really apply to the guy who posted the video though, although I'm sure a little study would have made his life a lot easier.
This doesn't really apply to the guy who posted the video though, although I'm sure a little study would have made his life a lot easier.
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The one thing that has always bothered me about most bicycle innovators is how they don't try to understand why bikes are the way they are now before innovating. And also never bother to find out that their invention was previously invented in 1937.
This doesn't really apply to the guy who posted the video though, although I'm sure a little study would have made his life a lot easier.
This doesn't really apply to the guy who posted the video though, although I'm sure a little study would have made his life a lot easier.
