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Balance bike - frame only? Frame building practice?

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A friend has a rather sad Isla that he managed to drive over. The frame is folded in the middle but eveything else appears to be ok. It'd be nice to find a use for the parts rather than chuck the whole thing in the tip. Does anyone know anywhere to get a frame by itself? Or are there any aspirant frame builders (Sheffield based) who fancy a project? An option would be to make something out of plywood but I feel like it'd weigh a ton and not work very well.
The bike was like this before it met its doom.


 
Posted : 04/03/2024 3:14 pm
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I'm Sheffield based and have built balance bike frames but there's no financial or practical benefits otherwise I'd have taken it off you.


 
Posted : 04/03/2024 3:24 pm
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Yeah I'm aware it's not a sensible use of time or money given how cheap they are! I might make a replacement downtube and get it all fitted up, and see if I can find someone to weld it in.


 
Posted : 04/03/2024 3:29 pm
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I started brazing so that I would be the person to "weld it in" but got bored of the post-braze finishing process so haven't done anything in ages.


 
Posted : 04/03/2024 4:04 pm