SunnyBoy

Yeah, I've got a pretty good idea how I'd get the cable to follow the frame, it's just the mounts I can't be bothered fiddling with! I think for the saddle it'd take maybe 5-6 loft profiles and plenty of filleting / fiddling to get it right. I don't envy you trying to model it, would be a massive pain . How did you get on with the bars? I'm not too happy with mine at the moment as the sweep slightly offsets the circle profile I want - might redo them last thing.

Such a nice bike! Would have loved to have gotten this! Enjoy it.

Last post for tonight.....Got some test tyres on there without any tread to test fit and what not. Reckon I might try finish it off with tread and chain tomorrow! Don't know about brakes....I'll see what patience I've got for them at some point

Just rendering it all now - back wheel done!! I'll post pics when it's done. EDIT: Renders finally finished...not even max quality and took 30 mins. Quite happy how the wheels came out, just need to tidy up the spoke ends now and add some tyres. Was thinking maybe try-all like tyres, but I'll see what I can manage

Well....I made the mistake of lacing the wheel....Someone kick me in the bollocks if I ever say I'm going to do this again....Literally took hours. Done at least though!

Got a bit more done this morning - rear hub, disc and sprocket. Chainline lines up nicely with the front freewheel so should hopefully be an easy process aligning the chain when I get round to it...

Chainstays and dropouts look good! They're fitted together pretty nicely as well which is a pain in the arse to do. Are you going to be adding any more components to it? I think a seat would look pretty good on it and would bring out its street geometry even nicer. The forks weren't really based on anything. I just took some measurements from my Echo SLs and went about fitting some geometry around them. Think I'll start the last few bits tomorrow morning when I get time.

That's seriously nice, exactly the sort of thing I'm hoping to get!

For the holes I created a single cut into the rim from a central plane then used a circular pattern around the rim wall, so it's a pretty easy way of doing it. Yeah, it's normally only aluminium frames that have the weird and wonderful profiles - don't think I've seen steel frames with anything but round tubing, but I might be wrong. Yeah, I find the best way to do weird paths and shapes is to create a lot of reference points to create planes and various datums to work from. Also makes matching parts together a lot easier further down the line. Looking forward to seeing this frame - it's a pity there aren't more designers on the forum to get the old creative juices flowing!

I didn't think they were too bad - especially on a decent grind.

Got a bit more done today....Front rim and disc rotor. I'm bracing myself for lacing the spokes if I ever figure out how I'm going to do it. Rear hub and chainline should keep me occupied for the next day or two How are your chainstays going Pete?

That looks pretty awkward to get out! Only thing I can think of is to use plenty of penetrating lubricant around the outer ring then tap around it from the other side with a hammer and punch until it shifts - or try tapping a really fine point (like a scriber) under it and see if that helps. Either that or grind / hacksaw a split in the race - although you'd have to be pretty careful.

Find a BB length that would align it better or maybe add a small spacer between the frame and BB to give it a little extra length.

I'm not sure if it does it in the same way for Wildfire, but on Solidworks you create 2 different profiles along a guideline then create a volume or surface loft between the two profiles, using the guideline to shape it properly. Hope you get it sorted. EDIT: Hub update! - roughly based on Echo TR

Ah, I'm not sure how Wildfire works to be honest. Can you try defining a new plane using existing geometry to create a new sketch? I'm just taking a wild guess here

Cheers! What software is it that you're using? I think the chainstays have been the hardest part for me so far..... such awkward geometry.

Yeah, I think there may be something like this, I know for some stress analysis software the university needed the fully licensed version before any results could be published. Forks done!!

Usually the student versions of programs are downgraded with limited features (i.e. ProDesktop) but the version I got through uni has all features that the professional one has (as far as I know).

Been busy so not much progress - got the pedals, grips and a few bolts done today. Got to tackle the forks now....maybe some nice carbon ones... Nannerman - how are the snail cams coming along? Got any piccys? Update:

Such a monster, it's like massive moves are little curbs. Not that I'm super jealous or anything...

Hate that XD Used to get it loads when I was doing stress analysis using ANSYS - complete arse of a program. I just experienced my first Solidworks crash in a while, it really isn't liking the assembly model I'm pretty addicted to getting this model done now so I've made a fair bit of progress - I'm shattered now though so I'll start up fresh tomorrow or something, last update of the night:

Sure, I think the ID is slighty larger than 34mm (1 3/8" I think) for both BB and head-tube. Update of parts starting to come together:

Holy crap....that guy has some serious skill!! The rendering is absolutely amazing! Everything looks mm perfect, god knows how much time that took.

I guess I'd better crack on with it then I'll post pics at different stages....Headset, stem and bars today me thinks....

I use a package called Photoview which comes with Solidworks which is pretty impressive and really user friendly. You can do spokes using a ball and socket type mate at the rim where the nipple would normally go. That way you can pivot the spoke about to perfectly align with the hub holes - but it's massively annoying to do and needs matching measurements. The sweeps aren't too bad to do, I normally do a 3D sketch between several pre-defined points or faces and then create a plane / sketch on that line. Then along that line create maybe 3-4 separate profiles for the sweep / loft to follow. It's quite easy to practice on a straight line at first - then try it along a splined path.