Jake B

Hi Guys,

I am Jake from North Carolina, and am a high school student. I have been road biking for a while, and would really like to try frame building. I have been looking at carbon fiber building and steel. Which would be best to try(I do have access to an oxy-acetaline(sp?) torch). Also, this may sound a little crazy, and off topic, but I would like to make a bike related product that is small(not a frame), and I could easily produce and sell to local riders. I am open to any suggestions as to what I could make, and please tell me if that idea is completly impossible.

Thanks,
Jake

ken cummings

1. Forget carbon fiber, your torch would melt it.

2. My bike rack is narrow diameter stainless tubing. Consider making custom racks.

3. There are lots of busted frames out there; both lugged and welded. Ask for some and try taking them apart and putting unbroken parts back together. Get good at that and you could start a frame repair business in High School.

Jake B

Hey Ken

Thanks for the information. What kind of bike rack do you mean? Like a car rack or storage rack like at schools?

Thanks,
Jake

Kogswell

I know what kind of rack I mean:

The racks from Tubus are very nice and sell for upwards of $100

https://www.tubus.net/eng/produkte/uebersicht.php

And Joseph Ahearne is making very nice front racks like this one:

https://photos1.blogger.com/img/151/1517/1024/rack04.jpg

If you think you can make racks like those, email me at info@kogswell.com -Matthew

Jake B

wow Matthew-those are really nice-I wonder how you would bend it perfectly every time(I would like to email you and say I could make one-but I doubt I could lol)

Jake