RE: [CR]Was Sam and his frame project / now bikeschool.com

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Subject: RE: [CR]Was Sam and his frame project / now bikeschool.com
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 08:31:37 -0500
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Thread-Topic: [CR]Was Sam and his frame project / now bikeschool.com
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From: "Rich Rose" <rrose@normandassociates.com>
To: "Mark Bulgier" <mark@bulgier.net>, "dave bohm" <davebohm@home.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


There is some very interesting 'stuff on the http://www.bikeschool.com website. Most interesting perhaps, is under the "Frequently Asked Questions" section. Apparently if you sign up for a framebuilding course, you only get to build a fork if you are doing a traditional lugged frame. The reason given? Those (lugged), frames are the "easiest frames to build"! Other frame construction methods, including TIG, will not leave enough time during the duration of the course, to build a fork. I guess if you are doing one of those "easy" frames, there is so much time left over you get to do the fork. What am I missing here? Richard (I thought Tig was supposed to be the easy one), Rose

-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Mark Bulgier Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 2:55 AM To: 'dave bohm'; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: RE: [CR]Sam and his frame project

It appears Herr Bohm is loathe to toot his own horn. It's a nasty job but someone's gotta do it: He's making some of the coolest classic-style lugged steel frames ever built. Don't believe me? Check out the photos at http://www.bohemianbicycles.com/Gallery's.htm. There's highly customized Nervex Pro lugs, curly stays, Hellenics, flambouyant paint - and not one carpet-fiber wishbone in the lot!

OK I must admit I've never seen a real Bohemian Bicycle in the flesh, maybe he's just a PhotoShop wiz, but they're pretty pics at least, no?

Oh, and the "UBI" (where?) he alludes to is United Bicycle Institute (http://www.bikeschool.com). Yeah it's a boring generic name but it's a great school. I went there to learn titanium framebuilding from Gary Helfrich after being a steel framebuilder for about 20 years. Arrived sort of expecting to be unimpressed by their steel framebuilding setup and knowledge - I was even more of a know-it-all then than I am now! Left with a lot more respect. Nothing wrong with being more interested in teaching than in doing, if teaching is your bag. Well, teaching IS doing of course, but you know what I mean.

Mark Bulgier
Seattle, Wa
USA