is a custom frame worth it?
10-14-05, 07:43 AM
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There was once a time...
Okay - I like my bikes fast and dirty. Nothing fancy when it comes to lugs. Not sure I would even want a bike that had lugs that took almost a day's worth of time to create. But when you think about the artistry that goes into hand carving a lug and piecing the bike together, even I can be impressed.
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Thanks for sharing these Don. Can't wait to see the bike you were talking about yesterday!
If anyone wants to see more lugwork/designs, etc - Don has assured me that the NAHBS (North American Handmade Bike Show - https://www.handmadebicycleshow.com/) will provide such eye candy. Bellweather, I bet even you are welcome to go and meet Don in person. I just might make 2006...
Walker Lugless - I heard that even lugless framebuilders are welcome...
Okay - I like my bikes fast and dirty. Nothing fancy when it comes to lugs. Not sure I would even want a bike that had lugs that took almost a day's worth of time to create. But when you think about the artistry that goes into hand carving a lug and piecing the bike together, even I can be impressed.
Columbine
Kellogg
Della Santa
Baylis
Thanks for sharing these Don. Can't wait to see the bike you were talking about yesterday!
If anyone wants to see more lugwork/designs, etc - Don has assured me that the NAHBS (North American Handmade Bike Show - https://www.handmadebicycleshow.com/) will provide such eye candy. Bellweather, I bet even you are welcome to go and meet Don in person. I just might make 2006...
Walker Lugless - I heard that even lugless framebuilders are welcome...
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11-05-05, 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Walkercycles
oh yeah! Even Tig welders are welcome....
The only other welds I"ve seen at that level were (and the DeSalvo does top them by a bit) done on an aluminum "park" bike that my former co-worker designed and had built for him. The guy who does the welding used to build helicopters for the Russian Military. I've never touched a weld so perfect (that wasn't a machine job). I've gotta say that's hot *****.
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