Dad bigs up kid

My son has just built this - his first fixed. When I say built it I mean he made the frame from scratch - uncut tubes and all - sorted out the geometry, cut tubing, brazed it all together, sprayed at a local finishers, scavenged parts from shed and existing bikes, got surname decal made for downtube, I bought him wheelset, chain and pedals, job done. He's 14. Not bad...

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Looks nice! Well done

Wow! You should be proud of him, great job done!! Wait 'til he gets another few under his belt, definitely worth keeping an eye on, I might order one yet!

lovely will you ask him if he will make me some forks like the ones on the hodgson.

Job's a good'un!

Well done!

(make sure to help him to adjust the brake pads and get some foot retention or maybe Shimano A530 SPD pedals with MTB shoes?)

Amazing work, especially for his age!

Nice job. How did he decide on the geometry?

thats ace, the only thing I could make at 14 was a roll up.....good lad

Dérailleur hanger? Did he use bits from another frame?

Maybe he wanted to build a conversion from scratch? :-)

wow!

I think the surname decal looks excellent. Great font for it.

Maybe he wanted to build a conversion from scratch? :-)

The perfect analysis. :)

Maybe he wanted to build a conversion from scratch? :-)

The tubeset, lugs and dropouts came from Ceeway - supplied with derailler hangers and mudguard eyes to maximise options.

He got the geometry essentially by copying the set up on his racing bike with a couple of tweaks. The most demanding bit of the project was attaching the seat stays to the lug - there were no top eyes from Ceeway so he was expected to mitre the stays to fit round the lug - took it to a local frame builder who said first effort wasn't safe so got top eyes instead. Much easier.

WOw - smart kid and at 14!!

amazing stuff

thanks greasy slag (great name) and others :)

Great job! :D

That's his future sorted then.
I want those forks please.

Very rad indeed, well done to him.

If he made it from scratch, why did he use road frame drop outs over track ends?!
Even so, a great build for a 14 year old!

Very well done!

If he made it from scratch, why did he use road frame drop outs over track ends?!
Even so, a great build for a 14 year old!

• supplied with derailler hangers and mudguard eyes to maximise options.
  
  
  

Flexibility FTW (assuming it is built only for road use).

His original plan was to make a geared racing bike - decided to go fixed later - track ends would have severely limited the options - He was going to grind off the hanger and eyes but I advised leaving them on - I just love the cynical, suspicious take you sometimes get on this forum! Heh heh, does no harm to keep the bullshit radar working.
The local frame builder I mentioned btw is Tom Warmerdam at Demon Frameworks - if you're around Southampton check him out - his work is right up there with the best UK builders.