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Originally Posted by spazzyfry123
Cool! So were you responsible for determining frame geometry or getting third party to work with your frame or...? I've been tinkering with bikes, but lately I've been considering buying a frame I like and build as I go. Been wanting a hardtail, but anything I want is sold out. Build it myself?
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Yep, frame geometry etc...everything on the design side, from a blank sheet. A hardtail frame can be self-built surprisingly well from off the shelf materials/components, and using relatively inexpensive tools. And geometry (not materials etc) is king.
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Originally Posted by pennsiveguy
Nice gig. Anything I might have thrown a leg over? I rode Gary Fisher from the Mount Tam pre-Trek days through '99. Had a couple of Lightspeeds and a Bianchi and a Yeti along the way.
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Highly unlikely. It was a tiny company called BTR Fabrications (btr-fabrications.com), founded in 2012. I cofounded it with a friend, who now runs it on his own. Work-life balance was wrong, even though I'm still passionate about bikes and the engineering behind them.