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007 – The Space Cowboy The frameset is complete

007 - The Space Cowboy
The frameset is complete and the complete bike will be assembled this week. I took it down to the fish quay to get some nice photos. This build has been a lot of fun, and a lot of work! I will talk more about it in the coming weeks. For now, enjoy the pictures 🙂
#framebuilding #custombikes #bicycle #bikeporn #roadbike #carbonfibre

I'm sat waiting for paint to arrive because shippi

I'm sat waiting for paint to arrive because shipping companies are a bit slow sometimes 🙃 in the meantime I thought I would share a bit of the process for designing the paint job for "The Space Cowboy"
We had a classic style in mind from the very beginning and exchanged various photos for inspiration. Red was the planned colour until very recently when we decided to go off piste and paint it orange. It's going to really stand out and pop I think. I'm trying to improve my paint skills and the main thing I am learning is that it is all patience!
I've really enjoyed doing sketches of the paint. I could do them on the computer but slowing down and getting the felt tip pens out has been really positive and a physical thing right in front of you really gives a different impression. I also made some different sections which I could place over and change around to try different ideas.
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007 – "The Space Cowboy" – NDS Dropout Making th

007 - "The Space Cowboy" - NDS Dropout
Making this has been quite a challenge. I knew making my own dropouts would be, so it's been an enjoyable challenge. I have started creating some videos to accompany this build and @underpaid.intern and others managed to catch a mistake in my first video. I had originally designed around the FM140 standard then later decided to change to FM160. However I had missed one crucial dimension so I had to design a V3 of this dropout.
V1 was okay but I wanted to make some tweaks, V2 was good but I had missed that dimension, V3 is the final one shown. It's an "in progress" state hence why it looks rough.
These parts are a good example of why composites can take a long time and be expensive. To redo that simple mistake took a lot of time. I thought I would outline it here:
Redesign and verify fit - 1 hour
Print new mould - 12+ hours
Prep and layup part - 3 hours
Room temperature cure - 24 hours
High temperature post cure - 9 hours + ramp down
Remove flash and prep for bonding - 1 hour
Of course all of this time is not labour time. But it's easy to see how a simple error can set me back a week. I hope you can sympathise with that if you're ever wondering about my lack of updates!
Thanks for reading and thanks to everyone watching my videos and keeping me honest. Follow the link in my bio for more episodes!
#composites #forgedcarbon #engineering #design #framebuilding #flatmount

I am trying to get footage of building my current

I am trying to get footage of building my current frame to create a video series on it. I'm finding the video editing a bit tough so I started by making a video of the CAD. I will put a link to it on my website soon but for now I will just put the link here.
https://youtu.be/ExeI4Ql4wdI
I hope to keep this up as I watch a fair bit of YouTube and enjoy the content that other people put out so I thought I would like to contribute. Any feedback is appreciated! Thanks
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Sideways Custom Bicycle Frame 007 - "The Space Cowboy"
Episode 2 will explain how I made the plugs and moulds for the final parts. There's a lot of sanding!

007 – Episode 2 – Plug and Mould Making

Sideways Custom Bicycle Frame 007 - "The Space Cowboy"
This is the first episode in a series showing some of the steps that go into building a custom carbon fibre frame. I will go into the CAD and talk through some of my design choices.
This is my first try at a YouTube video so let me know if there are any problems. Thanks for watching!

007 – Episode 1 – CAD

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