BoTM Bike of the month February 2022 - fillet brazed special

[mk one]

It is a cruiser so the stem goes really well with it imo

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Am I the only one that loves the CBR but thinks that stem ruins it….?

Are you being serious?!

 

[hamster]

It does look like a school metalwork project. It's hideous.
It has no engineering analysis of thread loads into the aluminium block of the stem, which would have been fine instead of the extra nuts.

 

[pw_pw_la]

Booooooooo to practical engineering analysis!

Yaaaaaaaaay to But it looks really cool!

 

[MattiThundrrr]

It does look like a school metalwork project. It's hideous

Therein lies the beauty. It is the early roots of the sport, figuring out what works and what doesn't by building and riding it. It has lasted how many decades of North Shore riding? Engineering analysis, indeed.

 

[WimVDD]

I'm glad February only counts 28 days.

 

[hamster]

Therein lies the beauty. It is the early roots of the sport, figuring out what works and what doesn't by building and riding it. It has lasted how many decades of North Shore riding? Engineering analysis, indeed.

By that thinking you should make bikes from scaffolding poles.

 

[Ryry_1985]

Seeing as I just wrapped up my Romax, I thought it would be fun to throw my name in the BoTM hat: Ryry_1985’s 1990 Brodie Romax

This is my first fillet brazed bike and, like many others, I appreciate fine craft building (in all things) and the time and attention to detail that is required to make objects by hand. Fillet brazed bikes are no exception to this statement and I am certainly happy to own one. Here’s a link to my Romax’s journey since receiving it back in Sept. 21 (finished photos on page 4): https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/1990-brodie-romax-finished-page-4.440427/

Thanks for your consideration

 

[pw_pw_la]

So that's made my choice just a tiny bit harder...

 

[pw_pw_la]

By that thinking you should make bikes from scaffolding poles.

Ahem...



You say it like a little rough and ready is a bad thing?

Charlie and Doug would both like a word!