frame building schools ?

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden]

(Jason6665666) said:

ware are some good frame building schools ? i have found UBI , but iv ben unable to locate
any others

I think most small frame-builders still get started apprenticeship-style: get a job sweeping the
floors at Klein, IF, Rocky Mountain, or the nearest frame shop that does the kind of work you
want to do (lugs, tigs, Al, Ti, carbon, etc.) on the kind of bike you want to build. Then learn a
thing or two.

Framebuilding isn't rocket science. At its simplest, it involves purchasing tubes, some skilled
welding, and knowledge of bike geometry principles. You may want to learn painting, too, if you
choose not to work in Ti or carbon fibre.

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Ryan Cousineau, [email hidden] sfu.ca~rcousineOpen ↗ President, Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club

Ryan Cousineau <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<rcousine-> Framebuilding isn't rocket
science. At its simplest, it involves

Quoted message said:

purchasing tubes, some skilled welding, and knowledge of bike geometry principles. You may want to
learn painting, too, if you choose not to work in Ti or carbon fibre.

Ryan, a guy with the name of Jason is not going to get very far in the high end frame building
world. What do you think Vanni Galdiolo at the Fondriest plant or ol Luca Minesso over at the
Bianchi factory would think of him?

He may be ok with some old heavy gauge stuff like 6000 series AL, but keep him away from the nice
stuff like Dedacciai U2 tubes. He's never going to build a 1.05 kg frame.

Anyway, you can't be a good frame builder and a good painter these days, you're one or the other,
guess how much a Termomeccanica G.I. paint booth will set you back?

Anyway, today we're looking at Carb frames running at 950 grams or less. Time to put away the torch!
Leave the metal age for the Lamers and FREDS.

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (Fabrizio

Mazzoleni) said:

Ryan Cousineau <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<rcousine-> Framebuilding isn't rocket
science. At its simplest, it involves

Quoted message said:

purchasing tubes, some skilled welding, and knowledge of bike geometry principles. You may want
to learn painting, too, if you choose not to work in Ti or carbon fibre.

Ryan, a guy with the name of Jason is not going to get very far in the high end frame building
world. What do you think Vanni Galdiolo at the Fondriest plant or ol Luca Minesso over at the
Bianchi factory would think of him?

Fabrizio! You're back! We were beginning to worry that you'd found something better to do with your
life. I'm glad to see that's not the case.

Your biggest fan,
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Ryan Cousineau, [email hidden] sfu.ca~rcousineOpen ↗ President, Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club

Ryan Cousineau <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<rcousine-> Fabrizio! You're back! We were
beginning to worry that you'd found

Quoted message said:

something better to do with your life. I'm glad to see that's not the case.

No, I don't have any internet connection at home now. I post on my supper break at work. I got a
5pm to 3am shift so I can train in the daylight all winter and not have to be lame like Zoot and
ride in the dark.

I'm trying to reduce all expenses, I want to buy something like the DeRosa King with Campy Bora
wheels for next season.