Re: [CR] Measuring frame angles - What the customer wanted...

(Example: Framebuilding)

Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:28:10 -0700
From: "verktyg" <verktyg@aol.com>
To: Neil Foddering <neilfoddering@hotmail.com>, <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, <freitas1@pacbell.net>
References: <COL121-W10D3471A2F437FFAF9E3A9BFCE0@phx.gbl>
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Subject: Re: [CR] Measuring frame angles - What the customer wanted...


This thread has become a prime example of over engineering.

Here's a great example of "What the Customer Wanted"...

http://www.uoregon.edu/~ftepfer/SchlFacilities/TireSwingTable.html

Here's another link that you folks in the UK will appreciate:

http://www.businessballs.com/businessballs_treeswing_pictures.htm

You can probably find a plastic dial protractor with a magnetic base in the UK for £4 to £10 which will more than suffice for casual use.

Chas. Colerich Oakland, CA USA

Neil Foddering wrote:
> I have tried, without success, to measure the frame angles on my 1930s and 40's bikes; does anyone know whether a purpose-made tool is available to do this (preferably idiot-proof)?
>
> Neil Foddering
> Weymouth, Dorset, England