Frame building with Dario Pegoretti

2012 May 15
by Chris Vernon

Dario Pegoretti is one of the great Italian frame builders. He built some of the last steel frames to compete the Tour. May this year I was lucky enough to head out to Verona, catch a bit of the Giro and attend a frame building workshop with Dario himself.

What follows is a short photo blog of this amazing and inspiring workshop where around a dozen of us built four frames with Dario’s help and guidance. But before my mediocre photos (I only had my little IXUS and the light was poor!), a couple of videos. The first is from the organiser (OniricaLab) and the second from Andrew Denham of The Bicycle Academy. Together they really capture the atmosphere:

COME FEMO I LAORI A CALDONAZZO… Dario Pegoretti per OniricaLab from Fuoriscala.

Tornemo Indrio from The Bicycle Academy.

Introducing the tools

Introducing the tools.

Start with the bottom bracket and seat tube.

Start with the bottom bracket and seat tube.

Head tube and down tube, perfectly mitred.

Head tube and down tube, perfectly mitred.

Brazing without a jig.

Brazing without a jig.

Red hot chain stays.

Red hot chain stays.

Chain stays for three frames.

Chain stays for the frames.

Allinging the drop out.

Aligning drop out.

Refining the frame's geometry.

Refining the frame's geometry.

And double checking the geometry.

And double checking the geometry.

Pegoretti

Seat stay.

Computers can be useful.

Computers can be useful.

Everyone's keen to understand.

Everyone's keen to understand.

Nearing completion - on display for the evening's party.

Nearing completion - on display for the evening's party.

Yours truly on the big screen!

Yours truly on the big screen!

There are a few more photos on my Flickr Album here:
And the organisers album’s:
here and here.

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