@meganL has a question about cycle builders who design for repairability:
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Sam Whitedreplied to Megan Lynch (she/her) last edited by
@meganL @twobiscuits I've got a New Albion Drake and I'm a big fan. They're basically the same as Soma just with a different badge (both made by Merry Sales Co. and I think they're the same factory/designers IIRC). It is… concerning to me that they were like "yes, Colonialism and slave traders, those would make good bicycle brand names" :S
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@ai6yr @genex @ascentale @meganL pretty soon I’m gonna know two frame builders
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@epu @genex @ascentale @meganL Learning how to weld is on my list of skills I need to learn.
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@ai6yr @epu @genex @ascentale @meganL I built my first frame recently and I highly recommend it!
For small stuff like a seat stay repair, even if the frame was originally welded brazing may be a better way to repair it (since you've already lost material and it's *very* easy to take too much off if you're not an expert TIG welder with steel that thin).
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Sam Whitedreplied to Megan Lynch (she/her) last edited by
@meganL @Heyweldon @ascentale I wouldn't worry about replacement parts for these sorts of bikes. Half the parts haven't changed since then, and even the ones that have there are so many used parts and we're most likely still making new ones (albeit at a smaller scale), so you're not likely to run out in the next couple hundred years
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@EverydayMoggie @ascentale @meganL it's more expensive to be sure, but if anyone does end up looking for a small frame builder I really recommend Danielle Schön. She was my teacher and her frames (both the normal stuff and some of the weird fun stuff for shows) are absolutely amazing! She's one of the few people who does brazing anymore, which I just personally like better than TIG welding (though she does that too).
Custom Framebuilding Squamish
Custom framebuilding Canada, bicycle frame repair vancouver, squamish, sea to sky, Framebuilding classes in Canada, Framebuilding classes in Vancouver
Schön Studio (www.schonstudio.com)
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@sam @ai6yr @genex @ascentale @meganL
Unsure which mode my team did. Torch work. It looked like they scuffed some parts, heated or burned each piece a little, then slathered some paste-like ? Flux ? on, popped the pieces together and warmed up the whole thing to super hot. (Memory slightly faded, the heat might have all happened at the end after the pasty part). This was a braze on attached to the seat stay that had come apart taking a little bit of the seat stay with it.
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@epu @ai6yr @genex @ascentale @meganL oh cool, probably brazing then, but it could have been oxyacetylene welding too (the difference is just whether you use a brass or silver filler material in brazing or you melt the two pieces of steel together directly in welding). I've only done brazing really; I'd love to learn some welding too though.
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@sam @EverydayMoggie @ascentale @meganL wow, amazing lugwork and brazing.
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Sam Whitedreplied to Demian last edited by [email protected]
@dgodon @EverydayMoggie @ascentale @meganL check out the bike she did for MADE recently if you haven't! Scroll down to the "Peoples Choice" section:
Our Editors’ Favorite Bikes from MADE Show 2024
Our Test Team attended the 2024 MADE Bike Show in Portland, Oregon—North America’s largest handbuilt bicycle event—these are the best bikes they saw!
Bicycling (www.bicycling.com)
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@sam @meganL @Heyweldon @ascentale In 2002, I gave up finding replacement 7sp SunTour freewheels. I coulda switched to Shimano and either changed shifters or turned the index off on the SunTour shifters, but I donated the bike instead and got a new one with 9sp. Still miss the old one with SunTour SuperbePro. Really nicely made, cold forged parts. And the old Mavic hubs were awesome
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@dgodon @meganL @Heyweldon @ascentale interesting, I think I can still order those and I thought they were compatible with shimano either way. I'll have to double check.
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@dgodon @meganL @Heyweldon @ascentale I do miss Mavic. I have no idea why no one imports it anymore.
