cheap classic steel frames
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cheap classic steel frames
https://www.tjcycles.co.uk/
check this out. frames start around $630. he does everything from silver soldered to
really ornamental lugged frames. i am not a big fan of the "flying gate" design but
he does regular frames as well.
check this out. frames start around $630. he does everything from silver soldered to
really ornamental lugged frames. i am not a big fan of the "flying gate" design but
he does regular frames as well.
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Here's some done up as fixies. I love the lugs on the first link.... yummy....
https://www.fixedgeargallery.com/sharp.htm
https://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2004/b/bailey.htm
https://www.fixedgeargallery.com/sharp.htm
https://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2004/b/bailey.htm
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woa I never seen a frame like that second link: https://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2004/b/bailey.htm
I wonder what that is all about?
I wonder what that is all about?
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If I'm correct that wacky frame is sort of a re-pro of an old track frame idea. I don't know what the time frame on the original is but the idea is to move the rear wheel in as much as possible while still giving the rider some sort of normal position, a pre-cursor to the bent seat tube bike. Quite a neat idea even in the frame is incredibly ugly. I dig the fancy lugs though, the forks are incredible.
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Ah yes, the solution in search of a problem design theory put into practice.
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He's a 'design engineer' and that's what he came up with?
I'd be worried.....very worried.
Speaking of worried....check out his jig
I'd be worried.....very worried.
Speaking of worried....check out his jig
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unimpressed...I think the best UK framebuilders went sent away as criminals, in the days of yore, to populate the Land Down Under...
Those lugs are like a bad hairband guitarband solo...not into them at all. But I am sure they work for some.
Those lugs are like a bad hairband guitarband solo...not into them at all. But I am sure they work for some.
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yo thats ugly.
if you want good looking fancy lugwork, check this out
https://columbinecycle.com/our_bicycles.html
if you want good looking fancy lugwork, check this out
https://columbinecycle.com/our_bicycles.html
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*laugh* I just posted a Columbine in the 'new skool track' thread.
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sheiSSe... lost by 2 minutes! i actually meant to post there originally, too, but didnt want to browse every thread to find the appropriate intended thread
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UK is still a great place for bespoke cycle building. Lots of choice and cheaper than most.
Bob Jackson's have probably built more custom frames than Australia has cyclists! I think after 50 plus years, they and their competitors might know a bit about brazing tubing.
TJ Cycles copied the gate design from a defunct Bradford builder from the 50's, Baines. Don't think it was a track design but it dates from the fixed wheel clubman/time trialist era and purported to shorten the wheelbase. Like a number of other distinctive but not always effective frame shapes from this period, the Bates was unmistakeable in photographs: old-school marketing.
Bob Jackson's have probably built more custom frames than Australia has cyclists! I think after 50 plus years, they and their competitors might know a bit about brazing tubing.
TJ Cycles copied the gate design from a defunct Bradford builder from the 50's, Baines. Don't think it was a track design but it dates from the fixed wheel clubman/time trialist era and purported to shorten the wheelbase. Like a number of other distinctive but not always effective frame shapes from this period, the Bates was unmistakeable in photographs: old-school marketing.
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I dig the flying gate design. Thinking about picking up a used frame. I figure there probably isn't a real huge advantage to the frame, but probably no real disadvantage either. Might be a tad bit heavier with the extra tubing but I like the different look and fancy lugwork.
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just aesthetically? maybe i'm weird. i think the gate design is cool looking. or do you mean the lugs suck?