We can only find one, in oregon... We're hoping for something closer to the east coast.
2007-10-04 01:15:12 · 5 answers · asked by amosunknown 7 in Sports ➔ Cycling
Its trade specific, I know there are welding schools, but I cant find anything that offer frame design and welding as a course.
2007-10-04 01:23:41 · update #1
okay, I already found ONE in oregon, the one mentioned below.. lol. Iam looking for something closer to the EAST coast.
lol.
2007-10-04 02:30:58 · update #2
To be absolutely honest, any school that teaches thin tube welding will do you fine... in fact, this type of school might give you more insight into varying materials and techniques than a bicycle-only school. Having experience in TIG and MIG will put you miles ahead.
Yes, there are some specific techniques when doing low temperature brazing on heat treated tubes, and welding stuff like titanium and magnesium, and yes, there are things you need to know about post-joining treatments like annealing, aging, and tempering but any good school will teach you that.
Now, if you are also considering that art of torch welding and brazing to include silver and brass brazing, filet brazing, and gas welding, it is better to think of it as art rather than "just welding". Again, being well grounded in the basics- rather than specifically concentrating on bicycles- is the way that most or all builders started.
2007-10-04 03:38:35 · answer #1 · answered by bikeworks 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I went out of the way to avoid welding. Instead I built a bike frame out of fiberglass:
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q119/hotbike/00000024-1.jpg
My Daughter designed this bike , and I said I could've made it out of Carbon Fiber, but she said fiberglass would save a lot of money.
Fiberglass can be worked at room temperature.
Fiberglass is a composite just like carbon fiber; if the design works in fiberglass, it will work even better in carbon fiber.
My pet peeve about the carbon fiber frames on the market:
Carbon frame manufacturers are trying too too hard to copy steel frames. Carbon fiber is best suited to copy fiberglass.
I built the only fiberglass bike frame since the Bowden Spacelander.
Why not forget the tradition and make a Fiberglass Bicycle?
And when you have that perfected , build a Carbon Fiber version?
2007-10-04 10:57:20 · answer #2 · answered by AviationMetalSmith 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the United Bicycle Institute in Ashland, OR is a great place to take classes on everything from wheel repair to frame building. They are fairly active in the industry and have a lot of great courses.
http://www.bikeschool.com
2007-10-04 08:41:20 · answer #3 · answered by Jay P 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Fab School in California might be close. It is focused more on auto design and construction, but much of that would likely cross-over to bikes...
2007-10-04 08:26:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
look for bicycle schools online.
United, Barnetts and a few others have part of their curriclum for frame building
I dont mean online schools, search online
2007-10-04 14:23:50 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋