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On 01/08/2011 22:21, Zapp Brannigan wrote: > Simon Mason wrote: >> Chance to build your own bike frames for a small fee. >> OK - quite a big fee, but then you will learn a new valuable skill. > > All you'll then need is £1,000 of workshop equipment, and you'll be able to > make a new bicycle frame whenever you need one. Which won't be often, if > you've been taught the skills to make them properly.

Absolutely. And of course if you haven't properly acquired the skills to make them then it's sure to be a fun experience to have your bike suddenly break up on you when you're proudly taking obstruction position (sorry, "primary position") in the middle of a busy road full of lorries.

> Coming soon - residential piano making courses.

Heh :-) I think you've hit the nail on the head with your post (slight pun not really intended)....