Chapter One The Design

Lets start with the design. Got to start some where. I have always liked the Beam  frames  of  Zipp and Soft Ride power V. when i saw this wood fixie at  http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/articles/stolpmann/

I knew the design had to be a V  so hear she is

The design was first created as a model in SolidWorks permitting me to optimize all aspect s of the design including alignment of components like wheel, rear cog and crank then go on to creation of the gig. When designing  in a 3D environment like UG, SolidWorks, Caria and similar the advantage is that you can position parts and even do a bit of FEA to see if the system will take the load ore not. It helped to start with a proven design and maybe 25 years of  engineering and working  in a bike shop that built frames from scratch in the late 80s. A education in classic Italian bicycle construction goes along way when put in the hands of an engineer.