hmmm, as i can clearly see, 28 views and not even a single reply..
m a bit disappointed..anyways... thanks for goin thru !

nice thought there.
what does WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED mean bro..
There is this Firefox bicycles thread, pls talk about this there and u mite get better views because there are hard-core mountain bikers out there.

Are u planning to start it in pune?

Superb idea!!!!!!

I guess I saw a similar thread here some time back, and if I am not mistaken started by you only!

did i???? i dont think so.er..did i?!!! whoa !! short term memory loss!!

Well If you do start something like this , Best of luck from my side .
Good to know that you have so much passion for bicycles .

Well I think the problem is you are talking about right thing in the wrong place. We hardly know whats 6061, 6351, 4130 cro moly or duplex stainless steel. Now, since we don't know it is better not to unnecessarily stick in our head. Generally you will get "All the best" kind of replies here.

Seems you have done good planning and have a plan but certainly not the right place to discuss. A bicycle forum would be great to get thoughts since there are hobby & pro riders who knows in and out of high end cycle frames. Just my 2 cents buddy.

All the best in your venture !!!

I am damn excited to find someone who wants to change the game in India. Cheers to your idea. Please don't get discouraged by the lack of replies.

Mountain biking is just in it's infancy here. You have the advantage of being one of the first movers. So, you are onto something that will only grow biger with time.

Post on BCMtouring. There are plenty of serious mountain bikers/tourers there. Could you post a little more about how noobs like me could put together the entire cycle with the frame from you. Details about tyres, etc would be very helpful.

Cheers,

Jay

thanx bro !!

like your signature !!! enna rascalla, maind it da !!

hey buddy !!
you're right about mountain biking being in its infancy here, when we started mountain biking in 1994, i guess we were the only ones who knew the sport inside out.

over the years, i have built couple of mtb frames for my friends, when i was in symbiosis college, then got a 9 to 12 a.m. job in the animation industry, this industry suxxx big time! no stability whatsoever. never mind. its a long story... got married, have one sweet daughter, but all this meant, mountain biking had to take a back seat. (my 3000 US$ freeride mountain bike is gatherin dust in my room. this IS BAAAD !!)

i got laid off from my animation company ( baah..sheesh, cant avoid talkin about this) and am workin currently as a 3d modeler for a small time company , to be honest i wanna get out of this mine field, that when i thought i should get back to my true love, mountain bikes !!

even though , m not a mech engineer, and i dont have a degree in metallurgy either, i have a fair knowledge about metallurgy, thanks to mountain biking, and mountain bike related websites, magazines, the internet, and my passion for building bikes. i have a decent amount of knowldege related to metals thats used for building bikes, mobikes, and heck, even aeroplanes !!
some knowledge of carbon fiber and composite materials too. i.e, how the whole thing is laid up to be stronger and blah blah...
but makin bikes out of carbon fiber would be too expensive for me at the moment, so i'd stick to steel, aluminum and maybe even titanium alloy.

now for your question...
you asked me "Could you post a little more about how noobs like me could put together the entire cycle with the frame from you. Details about tyres, etc would be very helpful."

if you own a bike, you could dissassemble your current bike and fix up the components on the frame that i built, i could do it for you for free if you are in pune !!! or if you need better parts, i could get that for you.. which ever suits you. i'll even teach you how to fix parts to a bike frame. its just a matter of a few hours.

btw..finalised on a design, will be getting it made. will post pics soon..

and thanx a lot for the words of encouragement brother !
i needed that !!

@AI... best of luck in your venture. I think i remeber seeing pictures of a frame you built somewhere on this forum (i could be confused about that though!)

Do keep posting pictures of the bikes you build here and i'm sure more people will be interested.

For starters you could inform all of us the advantages of using your frames over the frames on bikes available in the market. The price difference will also matter (i'm not sure which one will be cheaper)

thanx dheerahch! yeah the frame pictures you saw were indeed the ones i made.
advantages of my frames would be the strength more than anything else. it could be cheaper too, i have to do my math on this one though!!!

let me make one frame and i'll let you guys know!

thanx once again buddy!

@ A I: Great man... Nice to hear some1 from XBhp wants to be an entrepreneur... Hope Your Start up will succeed to greater heights...
Man one thing I could not get.. Are you searching for potential customers or want some1 to venture in this project... Actually I'm in my final semester (Mech) after my engineering thought of opening a spare part manufacturing unit for automobiles... But still haven't decided anything fully... So if You are thinking of venture then may be(depending on your business plan, blah blah and etc..) I would like to invest in it... PM me if you are interested...

hey noel!!
m searching for potential customers !! and i dont mind someone investing into it, but first i need to know whether ppl are interested in buyin the bikes i build.
and since you're a mech engineer, your skills would be a boon for me!!

will let you know, what my plans are. and thanx for the kind words

thanx a lot buddy!

p.s. if you venture into automobile spare parts, i wanna be your first customer, provided you make something really hot to pimp up my swift !!!!