Comments on: Frame progress http://alexwetmore.org/archives/592 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 15:41:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gareth http://alexwetmore.org/archives/592/comment-page-1#comment-4572 Gareth Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:01:39 +0000 /blogs/alex_wetmore/archive/2009/10/29/frame-progress.aspx#comment-4572 Looks like fabulously neat work Looks like fabulously neat work

]]> By: AlexWetmore http://alexwetmore.org/archives/592/comment-page-1#comment-4571 AlexWetmore Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:05:47 +0000 /blogs/alex_wetmore/archive/2009/10/29/frame-progress.aspx#comment-4571 I''ll do that after the fact if this doesn''t look good enough. Right now it seems okay, my 650B wheel is very out of true (some serious wobbles) and the tire never gets closer than 4mm from the chainstay. Crimping straight stays wouldn''t have produced the necessary clearances, and crimping bent stays seemed like it shouldn''t necessary. These stays are also ovalized and already skinnier than Alistair''s. I”ll do that after the fact if this doesn”t look good enough. Right now it seems okay, my 650B wheel is very out of true (some serious wobbles) and the tire never gets closer than 4mm from the chainstay.

Crimping straight stays wouldn”t have produced the necessary clearances, and crimping bent stays seemed like it shouldn”t necessary. These stays are also ovalized and already skinnier than Alistair’’s.

]]> By: Jim G http://alexwetmore.org/archives/592/comment-page-1#comment-4570 Jim G Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:27:45 +0000 /blogs/alex_wetmore/archive/2009/10/29/frame-progress.aspx#comment-4570 Hi Alex, just curious why you don''t crimp the chain stays for add''l tire clearance, like Alistair does on his frames? Hi Alex, just curious why you don”t crimp the chain stays for add”l tire clearance, like Alistair does on his frames?

]]> By: Pat S http://alexwetmore.org/archives/592/comment-page-1#comment-4569 Pat S Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:16:41 +0000 /blogs/alex_wetmore/archive/2009/10/29/frame-progress.aspx#comment-4569 . . . checking against your flat pattern layout on your monitor. That kills. . . . checking against your flat pattern layout on your monitor. That kills.

]]> By: Alistair http://alexwetmore.org/archives/592/comment-page-1#comment-4568 Alistair Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:11:36 +0000 /blogs/alex_wetmore/archive/2009/10/29/frame-progress.aspx#comment-4568 Alex, good stuff. Your C/S fillets look good. Seems like you''ve gotten the hang of the fillet pro. I hope to try some of it myself in the coming months. Alex, good stuff. Your C/S fillets look good. Seems like you”ve gotten the hang of the fillet pro. I hope to try some of it myself in the coming months.

]]> By: AlexWetmore http://alexwetmore.org/archives/592/comment-page-1#comment-4567 AlexWetmore Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:45:17 +0000 /blogs/alex_wetmore/archive/2009/10/29/frame-progress.aspx#comment-4567 Rory -- It is a touring frame first, mountain bike second. 50mm was what seemed to fit easily on my drawings without making other compromises (like hindering the installation of fenders when I''m running 40mm tires). I''ve had bikes designed for way larger tires than I normally ran, and never liked them. Paul -- Glad you enjoy it. Rory — It is a touring frame first, mountain bike second. 50mm was what seemed to fit easily on my drawings without making other compromises (like hindering the installation of fenders when I”m running 40mm tires).

I”ve had bikes designed for way larger tires than I normally ran, and never liked them.

Paul — Glad you enjoy it.

]]> By: rory http://alexwetmore.org/archives/592/comment-page-1#comment-4566 rory Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:54:40 +0000 /blogs/alex_wetmore/archive/2009/10/29/frame-progress.aspx#comment-4566 how was the 50 mm decided for the cutoff for the tire size? i know there are some fatter ones out there, and i would think those could offer a little more cush on a full rigid frame... how was the 50 mm decided for the cutoff for the tire size? i know there are some fatter ones out there, and i would think those could offer a little more cush on a full rigid frame…

]]> By: Paul Johnson http://alexwetmore.org/archives/592/comment-page-1#comment-4565 Paul Johnson Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:35:04 +0000 /blogs/alex_wetmore/archive/2009/10/29/frame-progress.aspx#comment-4565 What Jimmy said! This is one of your threads that I find fascinating. It''s science and art, shaken up in the test tube that creates magic. Only not in some behemoth national (or corporate) laboratory but magic down in the basement. Probably the funniest part is the "I''ll do one thing differently" next time comment: I don''t know anyone who has not said of their new bike at some point (off the shelf or custom) "If I had it to do over there is one thing I''d change". It never occurred to me that this thought might form even befor the bike pops out of the cake. Thanks for the front row seat as we take a peek behind the curtain. Yr Pal Dr C What Jimmy said!

This is one of your threads that I find fascinating. It’’s science and art, shaken up in the test tube that creates magic. Only not in some behemoth national (or corporate) laboratory but magic down in the basement.

Probably the funniest part is the “I”ll do one thing differently” next time comment: I don”t know anyone who has not said of their new bike at some point (off the shelf or custom) “If I had it to do over there is one thing I”d change”. It never occurred to me that
this thought might form even befor the bike pops out of the cake.

Thanks for the front row seat as we take a peek behind the curtain.

Yr Pal Dr C

]]> By: Jimmy Livengood http://alexwetmore.org/archives/592/comment-page-1#comment-4564 Jimmy Livengood Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:00:53 +0000 /blogs/alex_wetmore/archive/2009/10/29/frame-progress.aspx#comment-4564 Nice to see some progress on this! Nice to see some progress on this!

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