I think Laney College here in Oakland did a frame building class, as well as The Crucible, which is a vocational arts school with every kind of heat based trade (glass, welding, blacksmithing, etc). Maybe I should look into that.
On Jul 27, 9:08 pm, Bill Gibson <bill.bgib...@gmail.com> wrote: > I took a welding class (Welding for Artists, or something like that) > at the local community college a few years ago and got to try > everything and developed instant respect for the simplest welds in my > life. I got to try both gas and electric and gas brazing and plasma > cutting, and it's on my list. But teaching school science starting > last week, 6 weeks too soon for me -maybe it's time to retire and ride > and make bikes and whittle spoons and kuksas...need to gather school > supplies... > > > > On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Steve <sring...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I did this: signed up for a framebuilding class, measured my youngest > > son who needed a good road bike, and built a virtual clone of my > > Rambouillet. The only change I made > > was to increase the fender clearance slightly under the headtube and > > the seat stay bridge since my Ram frankly runs at the minimum usable > > clearance with 28mm tires. The lugged bike turned > > out to be spectacular: it handles, if you can believe this, slightly > > better than the Ram (although I suspect that my handling test was > > biased due to less weight in the front bag). No matter; he loves the > > bike. I spent about twelve Sundays building this and loved every > > minute of it. If you can spare the time and cash, do it. > > > Steve > > Ames, IA > > > On Jul 27, 1:25 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Grant is apparently going to teach us how to draw a bike frame in his > >> little step by step way. I'm going to follow along. I want a custom > >> frame that somewhat resembles a 58cm 650B A. Homer Hilsen. The > >> critical differences will be that I want it 130mm spaced and want it > >> to be a lighter frameset. I don't know if I'll ever get this frameset > >> made, or whether it will be a Rivendell or an Ebisu or a Davidson or > >> something else. But I'm looking forward to drawing it. I've done a > >> fair amount of drafting table work in Engineering school, but never > >> went ahead and drew a bike. Looking forward to it. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > Bill Gibson > Tempe, Arizona, USA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
