[Closed] Anyone on here built their own frame?

No but I've looked into it, one day maybe.[url= http://www.downlandcycles.co.uk/frameBuilding.htm ] Check this out.[/url]

It's on my list of possible 40th birthday treats. I say a list, it's this or an Omega Speedmaster moon watch. But I've got two and a bit years to put other stuff on the list 🙂

Try this thread - [url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/i-build-bike-frame ]I Build Bike Frame[/url]

http://www.timpaterek.com/tpmanual.htm

A friend did a course for his 40th a few years back.

They supplied the materials and arranged for frame to be sprayed in his chosen colour and sent to him to build up. AFAIK he loves it.

might be worth looking at this

http://www.thebicycleacademy.org/

i've built 3.

i can use CAD, so i messed around with frame drawings for a year or so - working out pivot locations and geometry, and that sort of thing.

i've got a background in mechanical design engineering, so when i thought i was getting somewhere with the drawings i started working on the details - tube junctions, bearing sizes, etc. inevitably this meant a few tweaks to the layout drawings,

i bought my T45 tubing from elmdon metals, and the laser cut plate came from the laser cutting companies.

i used a dremel to shape the ends of the tube ready for welding - this was a little tricky to do well, i created paper templates from the CAD, i wrapped these around the tube ends to give me a guide.

i then had to design/make my own welding jigs - this was just as tricky as any other part of the project.

i then gave the jigs and tubes and some money to a welder.

= frame.

prototype 1: does my suspension concept work?

prototype 2: test some of the more tricky details / geometry trial 1

prototype 3: final geometry tweaks.

conclusion: i don't like heavy, long travel Dh bikes.

was it worth it? yes, but it's not a cheap hobby...

I just did a drawing then send it and some money to a nice man in china, twiddle thumbs for a couple of months the the postman delivers , a short chainstay 29 er in titanium ,

I've had a few goes.

Learnt through trial and error.

Materials from Ceeway, Reynolds and Paragon Machine Works.

This is what I ended up with.

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I did a course at [url= http://www.downlandcycles.co.uk/ ]Downland Cycles[/url] in Kent. One very busy week to build a frame from scratch. Materials provided. Quite expensive once you've paid for accommodation, food, course plus materials, but well worth it for the experience and tuition.

Here's my finished product. Basically a copy of a Singular Peregrine. Running as fixed winter bike with cross tyres and discs.

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Also a blog I did to remind myself how it all went:
[url= http://www.toorealtofeel.blogspot.com/ ]Bike building blog[/url]

What was the cost of the frame?

Cost well over a grand all in. It's very expensive for one frame.