As I mentioned in an earlier post, I’m getting together with a local builder. Today’s task was writing down the 1000 questions I have for him, then boiling it down to the first 5. I have no idea how the conversation will go so I’m going to be pretty flexible. The number 1 question I want to walk away with an answer to: what should I do next? Could be reading material, other people to talk to, or skills to learn. In any case I’ll have at least a very next step. I’ll be sure to post about that interview after it happens…
Another direction I’m going to capture some input is with a survey to local riders. The Salt Cycle crew is very responsive (and about 800 ppl strong). I’ve pulled together a few questions to get a feel for what people think about features, specs, value, and the importance of locally-built. But… I left that list on my desk at work so I’ll post the questions and results later.
Finally, I haven’t spent any of my $100 yet so I did some poking around on Amazon and found a few interesting titles.
- Lugged Bicycle Frame Construction, A Manual for the First Time Builder: Expanded Second Edition – Apparently there are also a series of YouTube videos from this author, I haven’t watched them yet.
- The Proteus Framebuilding Handbook: A Guide for the Novice Bicycle Framebuilder
- Paterek Manual for Bicycle Frame Builders – these are direct from Paterek. The site also includes DVD for lugged and lugless frames. You can also download the old (and Paterek says out of date) version here. Interesting…
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