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I have taught about 5 courses here in Montreal so far, and I will say that the quality of your first frame all depends on how much time you put into it after you leave the course. Depending on what kind of frame you build, if you build a fillet brazed frame, the instructor will make sure that your fillets are solid, but not necessarily nice looking. After that you will need to make sure you spend the time filing them.
Good framebuilders have gotten good by mastering the art of brazing without having to clean up, but don't let anyone fool you into thinking the first frame they cranked out they didn't spend hours filing and sanding it to make it look respectable.

If you are really concerned about appearances, I would recommend building a lugged frame at first, as there is a little bit less to clean up. you have to make sure your lug lines are clean, but that is much easier to "finish" than a really sloppy fillet on a bottom bracket (almost impossible to clean up nicely). You can also do things to make finishing work easier like using plug-in dropouts instead of tab-style. Little things that while they won't show you have superior crafstmanship, will allow you build a better than average quality frame.

I don't know him, but I remember the tour they did well. A quick Google for 'Tall Bike Tour Britain' reveals this:

http://www.tallbiketourbritain.com/

You might be able to contact him through this. Good luck.

I tried the email on that page about a week ago. Hoping he might eventually get it, but it's been quite some time since they did that tour. thanks for the help!

anyone know a guy named Will. Met him when he lived here in Montreal as a courier, he rode a tall bike around Britain with his brother a few years ago

Looking to meet up with him when I move to London in September.

I am a framebuilder (also a mechanic) moving to London around September. While I will likely be living in greenwich I would be very interested in working on this.

just emphasizing again that they usually only sell to insured framebuilders.

So if your buddy builds frames on the side as a hobby they probably can't get them.

what kind of neighborhood is Greenwich? (is there a better thread for this kind of question)

looks like they tried to compensate for a 0degree rake fork by slacking the ht to hell.

same bike!

coming to London in Early September...I will be bringing this beast. a brought back to life IRO that had a rusted through chainstay and I added some canti studs to it.

cross mode:

commuter mode:

so basically i will be fine. good to know. just wanted to make sure.

I will have my nice bike with couplers inside under my bed all the time unless I am riding it, but I will be bringing my lock-up bike for getting around the city. I just won't treat it any different than I treat my current lock jobs

coming from Montreal in a few months to London. how bad is theft in London. Will I need to put ball bearings in all the allen heads like people recommend in NYC or will my Kryptonite chain/American Lock and onguard bulldog mini u for the rear wheel be good enough?

I'm a framebuilder living in Montreal right now. My lady just got accepted to a PhD program, so I am coming to London for a few years. Figured I would join now and try to meet some internet people that I might be able to ride with.

I will be bringing my 650b randonneur frame I built with me and as well as an IRO track frame that I have turned into a franken-cross bike for everyday riding and cross racing.

You might see me asking random questions about which neighborhoods are good to live in, I am coming with my 4 yr old son that is set to start school in September.