Steel frames are not going away. There are many large and small operations that do custom frames and repair. Here in Ohio for example is Jack Franklin who makes his own and repairs any steel frame. He also does Al and Ti makes of his own. By far he said he thrives on repairs, often fixing them for manufacturers too. He's not a big name you see, we think framebuilders are just those with a fancy website or famous name and such. Jack for example works out his own farmhouse workshop, no overhead to pay for so he doesn't have to charge a ton of $$.
Frame building is always an art, and there will always be artists. For the small parts ..... fear of the future does nothing but ruin today. On Friday, June 23, 2017 at 4:16:58 PM UTC-4, masmojo wrote: > > Bill, part of my concern is also long term viability. As it stands it's > getting very hard to replace Rivendell parts, because they are such throw > backs. For forks you gotta go back to Rivendell or go custom & even custom > might get hard to source at some point. It's doable now, but what about 10 > or 15 years down the line? > Can I go somewhere else yeah, but I'd rather not. > VOs new Polyvalent should be in soon. It'll have low trail, 1 1/8" steerer > & disc brakes! I am afraid I might hafta get one of those, but a Rosco > Bubbe with those features would get my money faster. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
