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[Jameshow]

https://forum.cyclinguk.org/viewtopic.php?t=8305&sid=b316ee7147860931fc708518e928d584&start=15

631 is basically Tig weldable 531.

It's good stuff but not the best!

853 / 953 will make a lighter bike with thinner walls but more susceptible to denting.

The tubes are only the start you then have lugs / brazing filling, priming painting etc.
It's not as simple as you make out. Even though you can make a frame in 2 weeks the knowledge needed from the frame builder is what counts!

It's like buying a t shirt from Primark or next the material is still cotton but the design makes the difference on top of the name!!

 

[IanSmithCSE]

Good evening,

It's not as simple as you make out. Even though you can make a frame in 2 weeks the knowledge needed from the frame builder is what counts!........

This is where we disagree, it's a bike frame and it really is a trivial issue solved ages ago.

https://despair.com/products/consul...XYlsOiybQFt8LHWTd8senwWO5Ca4_GGUK1F2EIcnT4nHP

Bye

Ian

 

[Fredo76]

A week's wages for a hand-made bicycle frame is a square deal, IMO.

 

[IanSmithCSE]

Good evening,

A week's wages for a hand-made bicycle frame is a square deal, IMO.

Not many of us are on £124k a year according to the ONS, £2,400 would be a month's wages.

Bye

Ian

 

[Jameshow]

Good evening,


Not many of us are on £124k a year according to the ONS, £2,400 would be a month's wages.

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Bye

Ian

Thats the total cost of the frame the wages might account for a 1/3?

This £40k isn't a really great pay for a business owner and skilled craftsman.