# Framebuildin' **URL:** \ **Category:** Bikes\ **Created:** [September 19, 2018, 12:23pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/framebuildin/21941 "2018-09-19T12:23:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 26
**Author:** ![canti\_lover](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/canti_lover/32/59913_2.png) [@canti\_lover](https://tarck.cc/u/canti_lover)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 3:39am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/framebuildin/21941/503 "2019-07-03T03:39:43Z")
There does not appear to be a ding around the end of the steerer ---
**Author:** ![LASER\_BEIGE](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/laser_beige/32/152421_2.png) [@LASER\_BEIGE](https://tarck.cc/u/LASER_BEIGE)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 5:07am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/framebuildin/21941/504 "2019-07-03T05:07:17Z")
Maybe someone tightened a quill stem too tight and the dent Is Coming From INSIDE THE STEERER ---
**Author:** ![Blakey](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/blakey/32/25608_2.png) [@Blakey](https://tarck.cc/u/Blakey)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 5:08am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/framebuildin/21941/505 "2019-07-03T05:08:56Z")
I know what you built last summer ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Stabby](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/master_stabby/32/39791_2.png) [@Master\_Stabby](https://tarck.cc/u/Master_Stabby)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 5:24am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/framebuildin/21941/506 "2019-07-03T05:24:11Z")
Throw the whole bike in the co op donation bin and start over with a threadless setup. At least the fork ---
**Author:** ![Face](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/face/32/77523_2.png) [@Face](https://tarck.cc/u/Face)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 5:39am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/framebuildin/21941/507 "2019-07-03T05:39:20Z")
> [@Master\_Stabby](#): > > Throw the whole bike in the co op donation bin and start over with a threadless setup. At least the fork This is the only real answer. ---
**Author:** ![canti\_lover](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/canti_lover/32/59913_2.png) [@canti\_lover](https://tarck.cc/u/canti_lover)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 10:48pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/framebuildin/21941/508 "2019-07-03T22:48:04Z")
“Donate” a bike that could cause serious bodily harm to an unsuspecting buyer? Or you just think it’s fine but the bike sux? ---
**Author:** ![Orc](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/orc/32/2244_2.png) [@Orc](https://tarck.cc/u/Orc)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 11:45pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/framebuildin/21941/509 "2019-07-03T23:45:14Z")
The people at the co-op will look it over. If you put a tag on the fork saying that the steerer is ovalized, they’ll know to just heave-ho it into the trash or pass it on to someone who needs a fork for a tallbike. ---
**Author:** ![karl\_dandleton](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/karl_dandleton/32/177_2.png) [@karl\_dandleton](https://tarck.cc/u/karl_dandleton)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/framebuildin/21941/510 "2019-07-04T00:02:20Z")
donate everything but the fork. destroy the fork. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Stabby](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/master_stabby/32/39791_2.png) [@Master\_Stabby](https://tarck.cc/u/Master_Stabby)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 4:40am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/framebuildin/21941/511 "2019-07-04T04:40:03Z")
Well, throw out the garbage parts. ---
**Author:** ![Orc](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/orc/32/2244_2.png) [@Orc](https://tarck.cc/u/Orc)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 4:46am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/framebuildin/21941/512 "2019-07-20T04:46:31Z")
Starting to assemble the bits for an O/S travel frame: ![Couplers](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/2X/7/7cefdab3d0fade1849e2e9f0a14cfee59a1f5ef2.jpeg) Silver flows really easily compared to brass; it started wicking into the joint as soon as it got up to a dull glow, and from peering into the inside of the joint it looks like it managed to successfully flow all the way through the lugs. ---
**Author:** ![Straws](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/straws/32/147_2.png) [@Straws](https://tarck.cc/u/Straws)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2019, 2:20am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/framebuildin/21941/513 "2019-07-21T02:20:31Z")
Finally started doing some practice on scrap today. Second time I’ve ever picked up a torch Now to just do this a million more times. ![IMG_20190720_162128](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/2X/1/1c94c5625f3706bf56df6233ed49b463f76fb072.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![joyofvaping](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/joyofvaping/32/37814_2.png) [@joyofvaping](https://tarck.cc/u/joyofvaping)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/framebuildin/21941/514 "2019-07-22T19:18:28Z")
I might have a chance to take a TIG framebuilding class essentially for just the price of materials – should I do it and build the 650b trackdonneur of my dreams??? ---
**Author:** ![Orc](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/orc/32/2244_2.png) [@Orc](https://tarck.cc/u/Orc)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/framebuildin/21941/515 "2019-07-22T19:37:09Z")
Yes. Making your own frame is the most economical way of getting your weird frame ideas out on the road. ---
**Author:** ![joyofvaping](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/joyofvaping/32/37814_2.png) [@joyofvaping](https://tarck.cc/u/joyofvaping)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 11:48pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/framebuildin/21941/516 "2019-07-22T23:48:24Z")
I’d need to figure out what to do about the fork though! Maybe design around the soma low-trail (cheap and quick option), hunter-gatherer fork (if it gets back in stock), or modifying an existing fork for more offset + brazing on rack tabs. ---
**Author:** ![Eric\_Estlund](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/eric_estlund/32/164219_2.png) [@Eric\_Estlund](https://tarck.cc/u/Eric_Estlund)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 1:54am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/framebuildin/21941/517 "2019-07-24T01:54:19Z")
If you are building bike number one, my suggestion would be to not go crazy on the design. There is already a bunch of stuff you’ll be trying to deal with. Go for something relatively straight forward. ---
**Author:** ![Orc](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/orc/32/2244_2.png) [@Orc](https://tarck.cc/u/Orc)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 2:50am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/framebuildin/21941/518 "2019-07-24T02:50:25Z")
And don’t expect it to be your forever™ bike (even if you do go wild with the design) because any build flaws will likely leap up and greet you before forever rolls around. ---
**Author:** ![LASER\_BEIGE](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/laser_beige/32/152421_2.png) [@LASER\_BEIGE](https://tarck.cc/u/LASER_BEIGE)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 3:05am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/framebuildin/21941/519 "2019-07-24T03:05:37Z")
Yo make a track bike ---
**Author:** ![anon71759125](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c37758/32.png) [@anon71759125](https://tarck.cc/u/anon71759125)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 10:50am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/framebuildin/21941/520 "2019-07-24T10:50:50Z")
> [@LASER\_BEIGE](#): > > Yo make a tarck bike .. ---
**Author:** ![rancid\_burple](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/rancid_burple/32/3104_2.png) [@rancid\_burple](https://tarck.cc/u/rancid_burple)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/framebuildin/21941/521 "2019-07-24T13:29:57Z")
Was that with flux coated rod? ---
**Author:** ![Straws](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/straws/32/147_2.png) [@Straws](https://tarck.cc/u/Straws)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 3:01pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/framebuildin/21941/522 "2019-07-24T15:01:59Z")
Yeah, I know that’s not ideal but I had a couple rods left so I figured I’d use them up while I learn the basics of torch and heat control. [Previous page](https://tarck.cc/t/framebuildin/21941.md?page=25) [Next page](https://tarck.cc/t/framebuildin/21941.md?page=27)