Cutting, drilling, mounting etc. for the absolute beginner

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The only place to go for a good frame today is DEVIL666 in germany. He is a good old competitor of mine 🙂

I have thought about making a frame or two for myself as a hobby project. Simply because you cant get anything real good anymore, and the Klein will involentarily retire within maximum 5 years from now.


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ooooo my friends got an old cannondale, back when they were hundreds, not the thousands that they are now by the sounds of it. ive still never tried a bike with their headshox. are they still persevering with that or have they given up yet. im guessing its a bit too flimsy a configuration for a lot of stuff people do these days
 
They still do headshock, but its part of the reason the price range have gone waaay off target. Sure the quality is fine and their headshock and moto forks are hard to kill......but the fork alone is 1000 usd for the skimpy versions. Dont even think of maintainance cost 🙁


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Wowser, there was just one reply when I went to bed last night. Thanks to everyone for all your responses relevant and otherwise. I've got two MTB's one's alluminium and the other's crabon fibre, are bikes commom to all audio fanatics?. I believe BMXs are largely steel because of the way steel fails less catastrophically than aluminium. It's also much easier to weld the frame back together after you've wrecked it.

Anyway, I've got some more questions now.

Tapping, is that making a thread for a screw or bolt?
What's a blind hole?
What are plug taps?

Thanks again so much for all your responses. I reckon my first attempt at chain drilling should be a dream after so much advice from the worlds two leading experts 🙂
 
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