Round Crown Aluminum Frame

you should make a longneck for definate, 42mm bearing caps for ISIS...
umm... 27.4mm so you can put koxx one seatpost and clamp on it.
Price... around £70 (not sure what that is in $'s)


--
samwii

_ [ C O L O R = \ \ " Y E L L O W \ \ " ] B R I N G _ B A C K _ T H E _
R O U N D C R O W N _ F R A M E S ! [ / C O L O R ] _
I'm getting one...
------------------------------------------------------------------------
samwii's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/17321
View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/74129


Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.usenet.com

Has he built any unicycles before, or just bike forks - worth knowing,
as bike forks take quite different stresses to unicycles, so it might
take a few more prototypes if he doesn't know about unicycles?

Is there a guarantee?

Joe


--
joemarshall

' old pics' (http://tinyurl.com/56yl2f) 'new zealand pics'
(http://s119.photobucket.com/albums/o...rshall_photos/) 'new pics'
(http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/joemarshall.org.uk)
'Where have I been riding? (GPS) ' (http://tinyurl.com/6fxw5x)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
joemarshall's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/1545
View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/74129


Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.usenet.com

He does actual bike frames. It's still up in the air, just gauging
interest right now.

Latest Work:
[image:
http://www.observedtrials.net/vb/att...&d=1223848273]


--
Conrad.Nguyen
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Conrad.Nguyen's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/17499
View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/74129


Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.usenet.com

A price simular to the KH frames would be fair.


--
Probailer2

Sponsored by www.municycle.com

JJuggle wrote:
If somebody cloned your mother would you have sex with the clone? I
should think not.



Danni wrote:
I don't like having penis written all over my uni .



manon1wheel wrote:
no offense but deads look plain old gross...
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Probailer2's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/11034
View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/74129


Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.usenet.com

Ooooooh pretty! It needs to be between nimbus price, 50 and KH price,
200. So I'd say 120ish or less. Plus, you need to guarantee your
product, say, for a year.
From McMaster Carr you can get T5 Aluminum 6063 in 8' quantities for 13
bucks, 1 inch OD, .065 wall thicknes












So for strong reinforced aluminum, you could produce (10" per fork, 5
for crown, and say 7 for post, = 32" for piping, and about 3 frames
per 8', so lets say 5 dollars) +welding(30 including heat treating), +
bearing holders (maybe 20 total), and any additional reinforcements(10),
then product shipment, guarantee, and additional expenses, (25) = $90*
and that includes shipping, guarantee, and anything else, along with
reinforcements, and welding, which may be less cost. That leaves $30
profit, and you could charge more. Idk, sorry for calculating, and if I
left something out. Because your guy makes bike frames, he probably has
pricier better alloy.

*USD


--
Jeremy R

_*BRING_ROUNDCROWNS_BACK!*_
661
MountainUni
spam ban kaboom - Gilby
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jeremy R's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/18006
View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/74129


Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.usenet.com

I wouldn't pay more than for a KH frame...


--
Smilymarco

'Municycle.com' (http://www.municycle.com)
Lesen - Denken - Posten
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Smilymarco's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4110
View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/74129


Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.usenet.com

Why do people suddenly like round crown frames again? I must have missed
that memo.


--
Seager

'The GreyMatter Jugglers' (http://www.greymatterjugglers.com) | 'Team
RoadShow' (http://www.teamroadshow.com) | 'Unexpected Failure
Productions' (http://www.unexpectedfailure.com) | 'Moab'
(http://tinyurl.com/9fxuv)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Seager's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8840
View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/74129


Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.usenet.com

Smilymarco;1129398 wrote:
I wouldn't pay more than for a KH frame...



I'd be wary of buying a custom built in the USA frame that cost less
than the KH. Bearing in mind that pretty much every other custom built
frame has cost more like $500, it'd suggest some shortcuts being taken
in the process somewhere. Unless it's being built just for fun and the
guy isn't charging for his time.

I mean the guy above who priced up the material has costed it at $90 in
materials + machining alone, although there are some pretty random
numbers in there - like $20 for machining a set of bearing holders
sounds pretty cheap - given a mass produced commercial pair will cost
you $40, I'd bet the real cost would be easily twice that. If he's doing
it well he has to factor in the cost of a few prototypes as he's never
built a unicycle before, the cost of his time building them, the cost of
guaranteeing them, and a profit.

Joe


--
joemarshall

' old pics' (http://tinyurl.com/56yl2f) 'new zealand pics'
(http://s119.photobucket.com/albums/o...rshall_photos/) 'new pics'
(http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/joemarshall.org.uk)
'Where have I been riding? (GPS) ' (http://tinyurl.com/6fxw5x)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
joemarshall's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/1545
View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/74129


Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.usenet.com

joemarshall;1129417 wrote:
I'd be wary of buying a custom built in the USA frame that cost less
than the KH. Bearing in mind that pretty much every other custom built
frame has cost more like $500, it'd suggest some shortcuts being taken
in the process somewhere. Unless it's being built just for fun and the
guy isn't charging for his time.

I mean the guy above who priced up the material has costed it at $90 in
materials + machining alone, although there are some pretty random
numbers in there - like $20 for machining a set of bearing holders
sounds pretty cheap - given a mass produced commercial pair will cost
you $40, I'd bet the real cost would be easily twice that. If he's doing
it well he has to factor in the cost of a few prototypes as he's never
built a unicycle before, the cost of his time building them, the cost of
guaranteeing them, and a profit.

Joe


What?

http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=1182

I tried to throw in a few extra costs, if you noticed. A roundcrown
frame needs about 3 welds, so not alot.


--
Jeremy R

_*BRING_ROUNDCROWNS_BACK!*_
661
MountainUni
spam ban kaboom - Gilby
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jeremy R's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/18006
View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/74129


Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.usenet.com

Jeremy R;1129427 wrote:
What?

http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=1182

I tried to throw in a few extra costs, if you noticed. A roundcrown
frame needs about 3 welds, so not alot.



That's the cost for half a bearing holder, and mass produced in Taiwan
out of steel, which you obviously can't use for the top bit of a bearing
holder on an aluminium frame. So $24 to get a mass produced one from
Taiwan out of a cheaper material. If you buy the ones mass produced in
Taiwan out of aluminium, the cost is $40 a set (KH ones). You'd usually
expect a custom build to be more expensive than the cost of buying
them.

Joe


--
joemarshall

' old pics' (http://tinyurl.com/56yl2f) 'new zealand pics'
(http://s119.photobucket.com/albums/o...rshall_photos/) 'new pics'
(http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/joemarshall.org.uk)
'Where have I been riding? (GPS) ' (http://tinyurl.com/6fxw5x)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
joemarshall's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/1545
View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/74129


Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.usenet.com