My interpretation of Jan's definitions is thus:
A framebuilder builds and perhaps if not outsourced, enamells the frameset. A framebuilder may sometimes build up a frameset into a bicycle with a selected "off the peg" array of components.
A constructeur builds a bicycle. This means he/she builds a frame and perhaps some custom components such as stems, racks etc and integrates these with a variety of 'off the peg' components to complete a bicycle.
Peter Tutty Londonderry NSW, Australia
(Riding a c1986 Guerciotti SL Track Bike today - KOF but not Constructeur)
Ray Green <greenjersey@talktalk.net> wrote: >From Jan Heine's website " Constructeur: Different from a framebuilder, a constructeur actually builds the entire bike,< I'm not sure what this means. Is Jan saying that they made the bars, stem, spokes, seat pin, bottom bracket, headset, saddle, rims, gears etc etc. If so I am, to put it mildly, amazed if not how do they differ from a frame builder? Ray Green, Harrow, Middlesex
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