Sojourner Cyclery
Man-made Fiber Reinforced Polymers (FRPs, example: carbon fiber) is the latest craze in bicycle frame material. Wood is the original, God-made FRP. My bicycle frames are hollow and incredibly lightweight. Additional benefits of a wooden frame are that they are “green”, tough, smooth to ride, and beautiful. One of my walnut bicycles won Best of Category, Best of Class and Best of Show in the 2011 Artistry in Wood Show.http://daytoncarvers.com/competition12.html
I am a lifetime cyclist. My first job was working in a bicycle shop when I was fourteen-years old. I started building fillet-brazed and lugged, steel frames in the late 1970’s. I “field-tested” my frames on two self-supported, Transamerica tours as well as Europe and Australia/ New Zealand. With a Master’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering and specialty in lower extremity prosthetics, I developed expertise in the use of composites and materials testing.
- Single frame, without fork: $2,800
- Chromoly crowned fork: $200
- Tandem frame, without fork: $4,800
- Tandem duty, chromoly crowned fork: $250
Build kits run in the neighborhood of $1,200 for singles and $1,500 for tandems, minus the saddle and the pedals. I will build your custom dream bike for you for $200.
Frame weights are comparable to aluminum and ultra-light steel frames
Jay Kinsinger MBE kinsinger@cedarville.edu
