Frame builders who you may know that can build this

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Lee Legrand

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Jul 9, 2018, 10:22:40 AM7/9/18
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Does anyone know of a bicycle frame builder who builds bicycles using small wheels? Particularly 20 inch wheels?

Regards,

Mark Bulgier

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Jul 9, 2018, 2:19:01 PM7/9/18
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Lee Legrand wrote:
> Does anyone know of a bicycle frame builder who builds bicycles using small wheels? Particularly 20 inch wheels?

Jon Norstog in Portland OR makes "Thursday" brand bikes.  He specializes in 20" wheels (especially BMX/jumping bikes), but also makes many other types including lightweight road racers.

His website still has a Christmas 2017 theme so I guess he doesn't update it much.

I know him from the Framebuilders mailing list, a longtime member and his posts are always right on.  I do believe he knows his stuff, though I don't think I've seen one of his bikes in person.  Seems like a good guy, reliable.

Mark Bulgier
Seattle 

Igor Belopolsky

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Jul 9, 2018, 2:42:02 PM7/9/18
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^very cool Mark. I like this guy's style.
Love this
I set up my shop and incorporated on the Navajo Nation, safe from big daddy fed. The Muttonmaster was my payback to the Navajo people for their kindness, generosity and cool.

Lee Legrand

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Jul 9, 2018, 3:12:03 PM7/9/18
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Hi Eric,

Custom Diamond frame small wheel bicycle for adults.  No Moultons. 

Hi Michael,

Cant find a website to see what he does but I am at work and will check again online to see if I missed it.

Hi Mark,

Thursday bike?  What came first Bike Friday or Thursday bike?  Thursday before Friday or Friday be Thursday?  I will look deeper into the site but it is not for jumping but more of a adult commuter bike.

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Jul 9, 2018, 5:39:34 PM7/9/18
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Think I've seen Thursday bikes review on Radavist. Worth a search term there to check out Mark's recommendation. 

--Mitch
in Utah


On Monday, July 9, 2018 at 1:12:03 PM UTC-6, Lee Legrand wrote:
Hi Eric,

Custom Diamond frame small wheel bicycle for adults.  No Moultons. 

Hi Michael,

Cant find a website to see what he does but I am at work and will check again online to see if I missed it.

Hi Mark,

Thursday bike?  What came first Bike Friday or Thursday bike?  Thursday before Friday or Friday be Thursday?  I will look deeper into the site but it is not for jumping but more of a adult commuter bike.
On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 2:42 PM, Igor Belopolsky <belopol...@gmail.com> wrote:
^very cool Mark. I like this guy's style.
Love this
I set up my shop and incorporated on the Navajo Nation, safe from big daddy fed. The Muttonmaster was my payback to the Navajo people for their kindness, generosity and cool.

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Alex Wetmore

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Jul 10, 2018, 3:54:01 PM7/10/18
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It would be helpful to know what type of bike you are building.


If it is cargo oriented then Firth and Wilson make a cool 20" cargo bike based on a bike that James Black on the BOB list had David Wilson make him over a decade ago.  I think it is pretty cool:

https://www.transportcycle.com/frame-shop/shorty/





I know both of them from the framebuilding community and from when David Wilson used to live in Seattle.  Their shop is a couple of blocks from my brother's house, so I try to stop in when I'm in Philadelphia.


alex

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Does anyone know of a bicycle frame builder who builds bicycles using small wheels? Particularly 20 inch wheels?

Regards,

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Lee Legrand

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Jul 10, 2018, 3:57:16 PM7/10/18
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Hi Alex,

Commuter that can haul stuff (grocery and bicycle equipment).

On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 3:53 PM, Alex Wetmore <al...@phred.org> wrote:

It would be helpful to know what type of bike you are building.


If it is cargo oriented then Firth and Wilson make a cool 20" cargo bike based on a bike that James Black on the BOB list had David Wilson make him over a decade ago.  I think it is pretty cool:

https://www.transportcycle.com/frame-shop/shorty/





I know both of them from the framebuilding community and from when David Wilson used to live in Seattle.  Their shop is a couple of blocks from my brother's house, so I try to stop in when I'm in Philadelphia.


alex

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Does anyone know of a bicycle frame builder who builds bicycles using small wheels? Particularly 20 inch wheels?

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Joe Bernard

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Jul 10, 2018, 8:43:54 PM7/10/18
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I remember that bike. It's nice to hear it's a production bike now, a very cool and useful steed.

Marc Pfister

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Jul 11, 2018, 9:25:31 AM7/11/18
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Rick Hunter has built some interesting 20" wheel bikes, such as this one:

tarik saleh

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Jul 12, 2018, 6:40:07 PM7/12/18
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Yeah! That’s totally mine.  I waited a long time before he built another one.  I think he has a run of them in process right now.  It is awesome.  Have some knobby 406x2.8” to try on it (probably actually 2.6”) but it rides great with 2.4 and 2.5 tires on it.  LD stem is a bit too high with riser bars, but will swap out to flat bars soon.  It is a take apart to fit in an SNS case, but I have not travelled with it yet. 

Current set up:

You can find most of the other photos under the #huntercyclescycletruck hashtag.  

Laters

Tarik
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Harald Kliems

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Jul 12, 2018, 7:36:28 PM7/12/18
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If one 20-inch wheel is good enough for you, there is the Crust Clydesdale Cargo Fork: https://crustbikes.com/products/clydesdale-fork/

 Harald (who is looking for an excuse to buy that fork)

On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 2:57:16 PM UTC-5, Lee Legrand wrote:
Hi Alex,

Commuter that can haul stuff (grocery and bicycle equipment).
On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 3:53 PM, Alex Wetmore <al...@phred.org> wrote:

It would be helpful to know what type of bike you are building.


If it is cargo oriented then Firth and Wilson make a cool 20" cargo bike based on a bike that James Black on the BOB list had David Wilson make him over a decade ago.  I think it is pretty cool:

https://www.transportcycle.com/frame-shop/shorty/





I know both of them from the framebuilding community and from when David Wilson used to live in Seattle.  Their shop is a couple of blocks from my brother's house, so I try to stop in when I'm in Philadelphia.


alex

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Does anyone know of a bicycle frame builder who builds bicycles using small wheels? Particularly 20 inch wheels?

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satanas

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Jul 14, 2018, 9:38:52 PM7/14/18
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^ I'd be keen to get a Clydesdale fork but don't have a suitable frame. :-(

Igor Belopolsky

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Jul 14, 2018, 9:56:45 PM7/14/18
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Jeremy Tavan

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Jul 15, 2018, 6:11:24 AM7/15/18
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Two shops local to me have Cycletruck demo bikes on the floor. It's a really cool ride, though I would build it a little more up-market than the default configuration. Really useful bike that handled well under a heavy test load in the front. 

Alex Wetmore

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Jul 16, 2018, 10:04:07 AM7/16/18
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It's hard to tell if these are really being built anymore.  I enquired about a Beavertail last week and was told that those aren't being made right now.  Their Facebook and Instagram is pretty slow these days.


I did ride past a mom with 3 kids on a box bike that had a Cycletrucks Caddyrack on it, and it looked like a nice setup.  She had one kid on the Caddyrack and two in the box.


Those prices are very low.


alex

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Does it have to be custom?

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