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SKARPER electric assist review
I was one of the first to order a Skarper electric assist device as promoted by Chris Hoy. I thought it may solve my declining ...
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Making Head Tube Cutters UPDATED
For my last three frame projects I chose a tapered head tube for a tapered fork steerer 1 1/8 – 1 1/4, mainly because available ...
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PUBLIC and PRODUCT LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR BICYCLE FRAMEBUILDERS – Updated
I previously posted a piece on public and product liability and general insurance for framebuilders. Since then my own circumstance have changed somewhat and I ...
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T47 Bottom Brackets and Taps and Facers (UPDATED)
I was once asked if I would be able to make a bike with an oversize bottom bracket and full internal cable routing, amongst other ...
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Building Lugged Frames (Especially with BikeCAD)
Though lugs are the traditional way to build bicycle frames they are somewhat out of fashion. It is certainly quicker to build using a tube ...
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Closure of The Bicycle Academy
Many may have already have heard about the closure of the Bicycle Academy in Frome, which came as an “Understandable Shock” to me.Having, like hundreds ...
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Autofluxer M3 – Gasfluxer – UPDATED
I have been using a Model W gasfluxer for brazing for the last few years. An obsolete model from Plasmatech, but still available reconditioned. Whilst ...
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Internal Gear Cable Routing
There are many different methods of routing gear cables internally. Routing the cable initially into the top of the down tube seems to be common, ...
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A Bolt-On Top Tube
This is a frame alteration I could not have imagined needing to do, until back in 2015 I was contacted by travel author Tim Moore. ...
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Internal Cable Routing Updated
I have done this procedure several times on completed frames, but it is sensible to do it before the tube is brazed. Partly because it ...
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I recently purchased this 240v hand held belt sander, and wished I had done this ...