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Offline Zippy

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Frame Building
« on: July 23, 2005, 02:36 PM »
I wonder how much effort it takes and what prep you need to build your own BMX frames.
From an engineering point of view it's not going to be rocket science.
Has anybody else thought about giving it a go.

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Re: Frame Building
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2005, 02:52 PM »
gjs member on this site made a quadangle repo and lot of other goodies, hes the man to ask

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Re: Frame Building
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2005, 10:46 PM »

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Re: Frame Building no.2
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2005, 10:48 PM »

zed4130

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Re: Frame Building
« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2006, 09:06 PM »
Im still thinking about doing it ive got loads of ideas mainly old school with a modern twist ive got loads of drawings etc just need a welding torch and some 4130 tubing or reynolds 531 no alloy steel is the real deal... :2funny:

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Re: Frame Building
« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2006, 09:34 PM »
ive done lots of drawings but when i actually do get something made for myself ill hand it over to curtis or hidden nation to build it for me t45 or reynolds tubeing

Offline lazychubs

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Re: Frame Building
« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2006, 09:50 PM »
bloke who welded me ripper made his own mountain bike out of alli
looked the nuts

duncan

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Re: Frame Building
« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2006, 09:52 PM »
Talking about Mountainbike-sized Rippers...

My ultimate bike frame's on ebay right now, but no way I could afford that one.
Maybe one day I'll try to get something similar done, probably not by me though.

I'd like to learn how to weld, I'll look into nightclasses at some point.


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Re: Frame Building
« Reply #8 on: September 29, 2006, 11:23 PM »
ask jjr (johan) he makes his own line of bikes.
ding dong

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Re: Frame Building
« Reply #9 on: September 30, 2006, 07:02 AM »


a mate still has 2 frames that his dad built back in 84 for him, was built the same as a patterson was cro mo tubing built on a jig, well impressed, pity his dad is the last of a few of a dying breed

gjs

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Re: Frame Building
« Reply #10 on: September 30, 2006, 04:28 PM »
Heres a few of my homemade rides,built from old bikes,cut up and mild steel for dropouts etc.



duncan

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Re: Frame Building
« Reply #11 on: September 30, 2006, 04:51 PM »
That's incredible work.

On the STR-1 that's just one tube that forms downtube, chainstay and seatstay? (one either side of course)
For the PK, did you use an old Ripper frame for the floval tubing, or make your own using half-sections of tube and flat metal?

That'd be something, being able to build your own bike in exactly the design you want. Amazing bikes.

gjs

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Re: Frame Building
« Reply #12 on: September 30, 2006, 04:57 PM »
Yes just one piece of tube bent on the str.On the pk I used a bit or round and squashed it with a piece of steel inside so it didn't collapse.

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Re: Frame Building
« Reply #13 on: September 30, 2006, 09:47 PM »
ive done lots of drawings but when i actually do get something made for myself ill hand it over to curtis or hidden nation to build it for me t45 or reynolds tubeing

good choice of tubing  ;)

i was going to suggest T45  :daumenhoch:

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Re: Frame Building
« Reply #14 on: October 03, 2006, 11:56 AM »

Some of these builds are cool guys,I thought it would have been more difficult to do this yourself what with negative and positive forces(yep just finished college) you should give yourself a pat on the back bearing in mind that some top name frames broke on a regular basis.ie Pro burner gusset would break just on the paper round..... :daumenhoch:

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Re: Frame Building
« Reply #15 on: October 04, 2006, 01:42 AM »

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Re: Frame Building
« Reply #16 on: October 04, 2006, 09:12 PM »
I made several JJR frames myself  :D
If you didn't check them out, do it now!
http://users.pandora.be/jjrbmx/jjrbmx/bikes.html
It's just a puzle that need to be welded  ;D

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