my home made frame

[dirtdigger]

ok check out my home made steel frame
its a short travel DH or DH geo trail bike at the mo i guess
with 6" travle front and rear,but have room in the frame for a bigger shock for 8" travel but will trail ride it for a bit and if it stays in one peace will put on a DH fork and see what happens
have been on one ride so far and it rides so sweet,steel frames ride smooth as!
heres some stuff on it
HA 67
wheel base 1160
bb 335
weight right now is 37lbs
running 150x12 hub
heres sum pics

[CKxx]

I hope you paid your FSR royalties!:)

Nice work. Looks pretty good.

[PepperJester]

congrats. I've always wanted to make my own frame but I just don't have to tools and know how for it.

[G3ars0fDH]

ok check out my home made steel frame
its a short travel DH or DH geo trail bike at the mo i guess
with 6" travle front and rear,but have room in the frame for a bigger shock for 8" travel but will trail ride it for a bit and if it stays in one peace will put on a DH fork and see what happens
have been on one ride so far and it rides so sweet,steel frames ride smooth as!
heres some stuff on it
HA 67
wheel base 1160
bb 335
weight right now is 37lbs
running 150x12 hub
heres sum pics

wow real nice! How much did it cost to build the frame? How long did it take to build? How does it ride?

[no skid marks]

Looks very tidy.
Personally I'd whack the biggest shock I could in there and set up the link for 7" with a good BB height if possible. Your choice of weight over plushness and the ability to up the travel with a bigger shock was a wise one.
Looks great. Good design.
Any brake induced weirdness?

[dirtdigger]

I hope you paid your FSR royalties!:)

Nice work. Looks pretty good.

umm.... the checks in the mail aye.
as for the ride its so nice , you have to ride a steel full sus to know how it feels i reckon.
no brake weirdness so far but mite not notice it with 6" travel

[JohnForest]

very nice, however, i prefer my Trek liquid

[no skid marks]

very nice, however, i prefer my Trek liquid
Based on what?

[bcd]

very nice, however, i prefer my Trek liquid

nice first post.


great bike man! more people need to take hold a build there own bikes~!

[MrPlow]

very nice, however, i prefer my Trek liquid
Obviously he doesn't prefer your Trek piece of ****:happydance:

Great work, nice fab details there too. looks very pro.
What tools did you have at your disposal.
What welder did you use?

[MMcG]

nice job - how long did it take you to design and build it?

[dirtdigger]

it took about 4 weeks to build it,the design time has been a while.
as for tools all i have is a jig saw, angel grinder, some wooden bench vice thing and a cheep **** ass tig welder

[luelling]

That bolt in the BB pivot is HUGE. Frame looks good. Wish I had the skills to design/build my own frame. I would be scared to ride anything I could produce :)

[MttyTee]

You may have just pushed me over the edge to learn to weld.
Very cool!!

[ridiculous]

very nice, how does it corner?

[w00dy]

I like the lack of a slot in the dropouts. I wish more companies would do this.

[bent^biker]

looks sick, and steel frames do feel awesome. I'd say make a shorter bottom mount for the shock and put a longer stroke on there to give you a better leverage ratio

[vitox]

that looks great!!!

maybe a little bit of polishing on the hardware front and thats it!

i really like that way you solved the horst dropout zone.

[Lollapalooza]

Great geo and light weight! Awesome job dude.

[dirtdigger]

hey thanks for the good feed back!
the handling is sweet compeered to my old sort steep 6" trail bike and corners real good,the top tube is long and low so you can leen it in to the turn and does real mean drifts,nice over off camber stuff to,i think that is due to the supple ride you get from steel(kinda springy but not flexi i guess).
yeah the rear dropouts came out prety mint,made out of 4.8ish mm plate and theres room for another pivot hole if there was some pedal jack but its good where it is at the mo

[banj]

Nice looking bike you got there dirtdigger. Any idea on frame weight? What gauge tubes did you use?

[prophet413]

i have been thinking about making my own frame for a long time....i think it is about time that i tried

[wildcard]

I love it because it looks like I can buy it for cheap (im on a budget)! how much is it? And where do I buy it.

[Kornphlake]

I love it because it looks like I can buy it for cheap (im on a budget)! how much is it? And where do I buy it.

Is English a second language to you?

[dirtdigger]

this is an up date on my bike (:
just givin it a clean up and paint(clear coat)
and the thing is runnin sweet!
and i have also made one for a mate that came out sooo mint!
now i'm thinkin about making them to sell?!

[dirtdigger]

heres sum more pics of the latest one

[djamgils]

where did you get your tubing and the tools for the bottom bracket thread?

[banj]

Damn, the new one looks really clean. The big aluminum linkage plates look a little out of place. Something a little sleeker would really finish off the bike nicely.

[dirtdigger]

I got the tubing from a local aerospace outfit and bb shell from a frame builder, would love to get some butted tubes.
Yes the rockers need some CNC work,hopefully next week this will be sorted out plus I need a lathe,mill and make a start on some jigs.
So do you guys think these frames would sell?

[TomBo]

How do you hold / jig the frame for welding? I would be amazing if you could do a how to with pics. If you don't end up selling them.

[4130biker]

There's a really cool website out there - www.smartflix.com It's like netflix, but they only carry how-to videos. Anyway, they have a couple good framebuilding videos. I think Paterick is the guys name that does the videos. You can also find his videos to buy online for about $75.

[whitermx]

sick job man

i like it alot remaind me the Ellsworth.

let us see when you put a dh built on