My new single speed build

[LOSMEICHERIE]

wow wow wow wow wow. I am impressed indeed.

[MTBer wannabee]

good effort

[Swart Kat]

Ok so check what just popped out of the jig

 

Feeling super proud at the moment

 

 

Now to finish her off and then to start building the rigid fork

 

Itegrated seatpost, nice! Wish I had the patience for doing that!

[Cav']

nicely done

[LOSMEICHERIE]

I just wondering how long does it to make a frame ?

[BogusOne]

I just wondering how long does it to make a frame ?

 

Well i guess if i had to be able to work on it full time i would be able to build one from start to finish in say 4 or 5 days. However having a full time job i only get to work on it in my spare time.

 

From the time i started this one in total i reckon i have have only put in around 14 or so hours over a span of about 3weeks.

[BogusOne]

Should make a lekker bonus if you make a few rigid forks and sell them, lots of people wanting rigids for their SS builds...

 

Mind giving some costs?

 

Let me think about it after i have finished mine. A lot of testing to go under the bridge before i will actually consider building for someone.... http://1.1.1.5/bmi/cdn.bikehub.co.za/forum//public/style_emoticons/default/eek.gif

[Overlord]

Let me think about it after i have finished mine. A lot of testing to go under the bridge before i will actually consider building for someone.... http://1.1.1.5/bmi/cdn.bikehub.co.za/forum//public/style_emoticons/default/eek.gif

 

Test pilot is ready

[xtcman]

www.instructables.com

 

 

Do it yourself!!!!

[BogusOne]

www.instructables.com

 

 

Do it yourself!!!!

 

Instructables only shows you so much. Its not entirely as easy as they make it out to be, specially if you are not DIY inclined. There are plenty curve balls to be dodged. I made a fair amount of test tubes etc before I actually started with the full on construction.

[Swart Kat]

 

 

Instructables only shows you so much. Its not entirely as easy as they make it out to be, specially if you are not DIY inclined. There are plenty curve balls to be dodged. I made a fair amount of test tubes etc before I actually started with the full on construction.

 

Agree, and then you need to have the right amount of skills and now how to be able to do that! I take it that Bogus do similar work as a day job or have history somewhere in that direction.

[Brian Fantana]

 

 

Instructables only shows you so much. Its not entirely as easy as they make it out to be, specially if you are not DIY inclined. There are plenty curve balls to be dodged. I made a fair amount of test tubes etc before I actually started with the full on construction.

 

Don't worry dude, there will always be armchair engineers who will tell you how easy something is, but never do something themselves.

 

We call them suikerpotte in my industry. During the design and execution phase of a project they are nowhere to be seen, but at completion phase you see them with hands on the hips(like a sugar pot) questioning everything that was manufactured/installed.

 

Love your work. Keep it up.

[King_Crispy]

awesome project. Quick question, how do you test for strength?

Not sure. But think the gap cover from Discovery should suffice?

[ThePubSA]

Ok so check what just popped out of the jig

 

Feeling super proud at the moment

 

 

Now to finish her off and then to start building the rigid fork

[shaper]

Waiting eagerly for the pics of the finished frame!

[BogusOne]

 

 

Agree, and then you need to have the right amount of skills and now how to be able to do that! I take it that Bogus do similar work as a day job or have history somewhere in that direction.

 

Jorsie I'm actually in management and hardly do any manual labor these days. But I have always been very technically minded and have always been very much into DIY. Nobody has ever worked on any of my bikes since I had my 1st bicycle at the age of 5. Think my dad showed and helped me once to repair a puncture.

 

Other than normal fibreglass I also have no prior experience in composites. A few years back I actually experimented with a downtube section wrapped with different lay ups of normal fibreglass, it was strong enough to suspend between two bricks and withstand direct weight of almost 300kg before it started to crack. That gave me the confidence to build with carbon as soon as I could find a local supplier.

 

A very wise old man told me many years ago "son you can learn a lot in life by just paying attention"