CUSTOM FRAME SETS
95 Aermet 100 alloy frame
The custom frames I build are for the individual so one customer’s frame is never the same as another customer’s frame. They are built with the same procedure which is unique to me and my 4 predecessors.
My approach to building has never been for flashy, fancy and highly stylized. Although everyone sees the outside not understanding the bones of frame, how it is built and what it is built with. I build superior practical constructed frames. Keeping them simple, functional and built to last. Bikes are more a tool than art. As art belongs on the wall and bikes on the road and trails.
All of my lugged frames are 100% silver brazed. The foundations of what I was taught always revolved around silver. Many builders use bronze for drop outs and then would only silver braze the lugs and most braze ons. I am one of the few builders who has always brazed every part of lugged frames with silver. I only use bronze for the tube joints on fillet frames then silver all the rest.
G.P Wilson tab type dropout with my style of finish
Frame pricing
Since I build with a wide variety of lugs, tubes, and fittings my prices vary. As a base my pricing starts at about 2200.00 and goes up from there. These frames are generally built with modern OS tube sets with oval chain stays. Smaller frames are built with classic tube sizes but with oval chain stays. I am one of the few builders that build the frame around the customers fit and specifics on how the frame will be used. I will build around or exactly the dimensions that customer want if they are requesting specific angles and tube specs. My frames are what I call true custom frames in how they are made, customer input and design.
SP/SP+ and Mixed Classic Frames
I can build frame sets out of classic Columbus SP/SP + tube sets and older classic tubing. These start at 1600.00 for lugged frame with fork. 1400.00 for unfinished fillet brazed. If you want finished fillets add 300.00. These frames are less custom as they are built with no choice of lugs and are built only based on stock measurements not custom fit measurements. Custom fit measurements of these frames add 150.00 to the price.