Brazing

The method of frame construction here at Winterborne Custom Bicycle Design and Production is Oxy-acetylene Brazing. This method uses a torch and filler material to join the tubes together. Brazing allows a framebuilder a certain amount of artistic freedom that welding does not.

Lugs can be shaped and filed, and fillets can be sculpted to create a personalized look. Although it is a time consuming process, both in the actual joining and the follow up work to improve the aesthetics of a completed joint, it is in my opinion a worthwhile process that produces wonderful frames! Brazing frames is a time-honored tradition, and some of the finest framesets in the world, have been crafted by master framebuilders using this method.