Category: Framebuilding

Ollie Custom Electric Cargo Bike

Jul 27, 2024

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in Framebuilding

Custom cargo electric bike with Shimano Steps electric motor and Di2 gears. Automatic shifting with Nexus 5 speed gear hub.
Classic Lightweight Randonneur

Jul 27, 2024

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in Framebuilding, Randonneur

Minty aka Classic lightweight randonneur bike. Low trail, modern outlook using tried and tested designs and ideas from the best French constructeurs.
Sub 60

Jul 27, 2024

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in Commuting, Framebuilding

The first custom bike that made myself. Rohloff drop bar bike for daily commuting.
Theoretical Framebuilding Part 3: Metals and Heat

Sep 20, 2016

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in Framebuilding

Fighter jets and cold war secrets and what the two have to do with custom bicycle frame building.
Theoretical Framebuiling Part 2: I Like Big Butts, Tubes and Ride Feel

Sep 15, 2016

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in Framebuilding

A custom bicycle frame is more than just geometry. Riders grow and so does the bicycle to suit them, however, is it a question of just increasing/decreasing tube length? It all starts with something more basic
Theoretical Framebuilding Part 1- Geometry

Sep 6, 2016

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in Framebuilding

Life is too short to ride poor handling bikes. A custom made to measure frame, conversely to conventional wisdom, is not reserved for the oddly proportioned. Part 1 of the theoretical frame building series focuses on geometry.