Got to love evilbay
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hookooekoo
Senior Retro Guru
I'm struggling with the idea of hanging it on a wall. Surely the buyer has got the equipment to replace the top tube.
Might come in handy as leverage if you want to hang yourself after the credit card charge goes through.
hookooekoo
Senior Retro Guru
Lugged is the easiest form of frame building, although I'm not sure how easy it is to release them with heat once they've been brazed.
hookooekoo
Senior Retro Guru
You can build your own steel lugged frame on a frame building course, but it's gonna cost quite a bit for course fees and materials. Maybe someone thought £95 and replacing just one tube was a good deal.
Does that mean I can go there a make a road bike geometry bike with clearance for 4 inch fatties to deliver my final blow to the roadies?
hookooekoo
Senior Retro Guru
I don't think you can do that on a basic course. I think you'd need to build something easy first (fully lugged with side pull brakes and minimal braze ons). After that you could build what you want in your own workshop, or go back for a second course and build something more difficult.
https://www.ellisbriggscycles.co.uk/framebuilding-course/
https://www.bicycles-by-design.co.uk/courses/frame-building-courses/
hookooekoo
Senior Retro Guru
Another frame building course here:
https://thebicycleacademy.org/collections/framebuilding-courses
As you can see, it's not cheap, but neither are UK-built steel frames. That's why I think someone bought that frame with the intention of repairing it.
https://thebicycleacademy.org/collections/framebuilding-courses
As you can see, it's not cheap, but neither are UK-built steel frames. That's why I think someone bought that frame with the intention of repairing it.
Id be tempted in 5 years time to build one!!
https://www.ellisbriggscycles.co.uk/framebuilding-course/
https://www.ellisbriggscycles.co.uk/framebuilding-course/
