Very interesting! ?How nice that they made these two videos!
A few observations & questions...
At the start:?
- Heating fork blades rather high up... for what purpose? It almost looks like he is heating to re-set the curvature/offset, which should be a no no. But maybe that is not the case and instead he is brazing the dropouts and for some reason heating the blades higher up than seem necessary or desirable...?
Note the use of old Haden or Bocama lugs and Cinelli Spoiler bb!?
Note the nice inserts to protect BB shell while clamping in vise...
Note the somewhat odd Ouji board for frame design set up. What could that large shaped partial disc affair be? To set seat tube angle? ?Why the dual top tube process? To match seat and and head angle by making these top tube elements?parallel??
Note nice big fat flame used...
Note that unusual fixture or gadget along the top of top tube when he is fitting it to bb shell...
All and all a fascinating look at a builder who had obviously devised his own solutions to the craft of traditional frame building!
Dale
Dale Brown
Greensboro, North Carolina USA
-----Original Message----- From: Angel Garcia <veronaman@gmail.com> To: CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Fri, Sep 18, 2009 7:49 am Subject: [CR] RIH Framebuilding
Well done videos of a KOF frame being built at RIH:
Part I: http://www.youtube.com/
Would love to know what he occasionally says....
Angel Garcia Long Valley, NJ
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