Been following your work in Instagram for a number of years. Some of the smoothest and most consistent fillets in the game. Love your work!
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Hi everyone!
I have been reading and following the work of many of people who post here. I am excited to finally sign up here and engage myself actively.
I live in Berlin, Germany and work as an artist and architect. I would love to some day build a frame for myself or others and just get to do it alongside my job. So far I have built a couple of cargo bikes with friends. From those projects I have learned a lot!
What I am most excited about being here is to learn step by step about the details of fabrication and design processes, others have developed and getting feedback on mine.
Hope you are having a nice day, wherever you are!
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Hi! Iām Hannes (he/him) from Ghent, Belgium.
Iām 24 and studied industrial product design with a minor in engineering, and Iāve been absolutely in love with bicycles for a few years now and love to mess around and customise things to fit my needs/wants so of course I canāt live my life without ever designing and building my very own frames.
Iāve cut bits off of frames, dimpled chainstays, brazed a disc brake tab and a belt coupler and repainted a few frames but Iām nowhere near skilled enough to build a whole frame yet. Iām super excited to have found this forum and Iām seeing tons of super useful information from so many people here. Youāll undoubtedly be seeing many questions from me in the following weeks, months, years. (decades? who knows)
Cheers!
Hannes
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Hi everyone!
I am Burcak (he/him). 46 years old. Owner and framebuilder of one-man-shop; Brelis Cycles in Istanbul/Turkey.
I build in steel, mostly fillet brazed, and lugs once in a while. I have been building since 13 years I guess; which mostly was part-time, but since 3-4 years full-time. Recently Iāve dived into an adventure of building a Frame Jig in parallel, but weāll see how that goesā¦
I ride Road & XC MTB and some light touring. Although nowadays not as often as I did before, I did quite a bit of riding in the past 30+ years.
It is very exciting to see once again an active forum on Framebuilding! Iāll definitely be around 
Here; let me share just a few highlights from my past projectsā¦
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Beautiful work Burcak,
we met and Spike a bit at bespoked. Cool to see your work around here to.
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Thanks a lot 
Hi I am Manjit from India (Ludhiana city). Currently manufacturing Bicycle Parts Like Handle Lugs, Handle Stems, Handle EyeBolts etc. Want start manufacturing really good quality frames & Forks mainly in Lightweight Steel. Hope will gain useful knowledge from experienced frame buildersā¦ Thanks in Advanceā¦
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Welcome Majit! I hope youāll share pictures or stories of things you make.
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Hi all- been lurking for a while but finally ready to come out of my shell. My name is Dustin from Raleigh, North Carolina- been a fabricator/builder most of my life and a full time design engineer, jumping in head-first to the framebuilding world. Ready to prove the old adage right- why would I buy a bike frame when I could make it myself for 3x the cost and half the quality?
Been focused on TIG welding for the last few months as I build my confidence in the lead up to taking a framebuilding course up in Boone NC with Brew Bikes in Feb '25. Canāt wait to figure all this out!
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Really a work of Artā¦ Its so soothing to see the imagesā¦
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Thanks a lot! Really appreciate it
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You already know the game!
Welcome!
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ArborVelo here - decided to tackle the project of building a wooden bike. Have been lurking here for a while, soaking up the good vibes and knowledge. Just kicked off a build log thread which will hopefully inspire me to get busy!
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Hi everyone,
Iām Rafael Colina, founder of Paramo Cycles, a workshop where I offer bike repair services and custom bicycle builds. Iām originally from Venezuela, but Iām currently based in Burgundy, France.
I started framebuilding four years ago and am now working to grow my business, focusing mainly on bike repairs, tune-ups, and custom builds. Most of the time, I build gravel bikes, with some road bikes as well. Everything is done in-house, including the paintwork.
If youāre wondering about the name Paramo Cycles, the pĆ”ramo is a unique high-altitude ecosystem found in South America, known for its resilience and beautyājust like the one-of-a-kind frames that every framebuilder creates.
My goal is simple: to improve peopleās cycling experience by providing high-quality service and craftsmanship. I also believe in helping cyclists better understand their bikes, so they can ride with more confidence and enjoyment.
This forum has been an invaluable resource for framebuilding enthusiasts, and I truly appreciate all the experiences and techniques Iāve learned here. Now, itās my turn to contribute!
Feel free to ask me any questionsāIām happy to share my knowledge and experience.
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Hello CFF!
Kev here from Glasgow, Scotland. Been using the forum for a while now, such a vast fountain of knowledge and finally getting round to writing my intro!
Launched no-ni cycles a year or so ago. Been dreaming about making frames for waaaay longer, did the Bicycle Academy course probably 10 years ago now but life always seemed to be getting in the way! Iām a fabricator in metal, wood and plastic for past 25 years now, mainly work with product/furniture designers to help them develop their ideas for larger manufacture elsewhere or limited runs in house. All very exciting and diverse but doesnāt leave much time for framebuilidng!
I also taught in the wood and metalwork department at the Art School here alongside my fabrication commitments for 18 years which was a total blast!
Before all of this I studied Painting at Art School and graduated from the Fine Art Department with a practice mixing up painting and sculpture, which has now blended into making my own furniture!!
About 8 years ago I finally took on my own workshop to push the bike frames, my own Furniture designs and continue fabricating for other people but reality has been I just aint had time for my own stuff! The space is beautiful, was a total wreck when I took it on and took about 1.5 years just to make it sort of inhabitable! In reflection it probably wasnāt the most suitable space, itās on the first floor, I built a rail system on the stairs to haul up some fairly heavy machinery including a mill and a lathe (some pics of that at a later date maybe) and it damn near finished me off working in evenings and weekends to get it all up and running!
Cycling wise as a kid I grew up with BMX, then moved onto mountain biking, in particular downhill through my late teens and early 20ās (Scotland has some amazing mountain biking facilities!! All pretty close to Glasgow too) but now mainly Gravel and road, and no where near as much as Iād like! Building wise Iām focusing on Gravel and Road frames for just now but open to building anything! The first official frame under the new brand was built past year for a brilliant handmade bike show over here called Brazen. Was a blast making it for the show and learned heaps along the way. Was based loosely on a bike fit I had done ages ago and is designed to be my main commuter/short distance gravel ride bike. I love shorter wheelbases on a bike and love being able to chuck them around a bit more and find current crop of gravel bike a bit too long for me. Anyway was brilliant to finally get things out there. Ive signed up for bespoked this year so hopefully get another frame together for that. Iām super excited about 3D printing and how it can be utilised in custom frame building and have been following various threads on here with great interest!
Nice to meet you all and hope to chat soon!
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Beautiful stuff!
I was confused at first because 1st floor is ground floor here (USA). I gather that to you lot, āfirst floorā means what we here in the US call second floor? OK not that funny, but a little. āSeparated by a common languageā indeed.
I hope you find as much satisfaction with bike frames as you have with furniture and fine art. Thatās a pretty cool combo you got workinā there, canāt wait to see more.
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Haha thanks @bulgie !!
Hey Folks! Iām Karstan (he/him) from Portland, OR.
Long time bicycle enthusiast with an n+1 habit of building up bikes out of spare parts. Iāve done mostly road riding, with a bit of gravel. Iād like to expand that a bit though, maybe do some bikepacking.
Iāve been interesting in framebuilding for awhile but always talked myself out of delving further into it because generally there was always a production frame that could meet my needs/wants. That has increasingly not been the case of late. So, Iām currently accumulating tools, practicing brazing, and building jigs prior to my first build. Iād considered taking a framebuilding class, but $3500+ can buy a lot of steel, flux and braze (that said, I still havenāt fully ruled out taking one).
The long-term goal is to build atypical/weird stuff that you canāt get from production brands (minvelos, folding/demountable bikes, velocars, one-sided bikes etc.). But short term, Iāve got a near-mint complete Shimano STX RC set that would look great on a lugged, 26" wheel, all-road type bike. So I figure that would be an approachable first build. And probably my 2nd and 3rd build because I doubt Iāll get it right the first time!
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Hello, Iām Hern from LA
I own a company called Montenegro Manufacturing. I make Carbon Fiber Bikes.
Iāve been involved with framebuilding since 2009. Started building under my own brand in 2013.
Iāve been riding bikes my whole life. Raced for a few years. Worked for a couple bike brands. Worked in Aerospace briefly. Now I do MMFG full time.
Currently working on a Full Suspension XC bike and came to see if I can learn a few tricks.
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Oh mate underselling ya self a bit there. Pretty much leading the industry with in carbon fiber repair work with MMFG. Stoked to see ya here!
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