I want to build my own lugged frame. I bet I'm not the only one
11-11-10, 05:00 PM
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It seems to me that there's no end of people that could cobble a frame together. The major challenges, to my mind:
-Deciding what the geometry SHOULD be. Either you're a bike expert or conneseur or else you're going to be copying some other frame or else it's just sort of a random arrangement of dimensions. In which case, you'd be better off, performance-wise, in just buying a frame.
-Getting everything lined up like it's supposed to be. Considering that nothing's square, it all comes in at odd angles, etc. You could conceivably spend more time getting a jig right than you do actually putting the frame together.
-Deciding what the geometry SHOULD be. Either you're a bike expert or conneseur or else you're going to be copying some other frame or else it's just sort of a random arrangement of dimensions. In which case, you'd be better off, performance-wise, in just buying a frame.
-Getting everything lined up like it's supposed to be. Considering that nothing's square, it all comes in at odd angles, etc. You could conceivably spend more time getting a jig right than you do actually putting the frame together.
