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Matt Klucha - Professional Bicycle Builder

In the process of becoming a Professional bicycle builder, over time, I developed, dialed-in and
documented my processes for building and evaluating bicycle frames.

    Precise - Repeatable - Consistent

I have integrated what I have learned from various sources, including formal engineering
education, industry experience, research, and years of cycling.  I engineer and design my
product and systems.  I initiate my own research, development, and testing.  I am fundamentally
a self-learner.

My fit and handling methodology - documented and refined - enables me to design and tune a
bike precisely for each client, one at a time.

    Precise - Repeatable - Consistent

In the process of designing and building my frames, I currently use BikeCad and AutoCad.



S&S Machine & MSH1 Bicycle Works, M.P. Klucha Cycles






Message to New Framebuilders

I include the following material primarily to assist new Framebuilders, and as reference for
those interested in the technical, and philosophical aspects of building bicycle frames.  These
are simply some guideposts to aid in the learning process.


Utilities, Guides, Charts, Conversions, Cad, Calculators, Aids, Software



Tooling & Measurement
















Forums, Conferences, Shows, Literature, etc.



Misc. Reference



Photos, Video, Multimedia



Specs & Standards



Quotables

" In the mind of an Engineer, perfection is a byproduct of complete optimization " - M.P. Klucha

" In the mind of a Framebuilder, perfection is never 100% attainable. " - M.P. Klucha

" Simplicity, the ultimate sophistication " - M.P. Klucha

" To an engineer, good enough means perfect.  With an artist, there's no such thing as perfect. "
- Alexander Calder

" When we stop working with our hands, we cease to understand how the world really works "
- M.P. Klucha

" ... The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity ... the ability to express the utmost with the
minimum.  It is the halfway cultivation that leads to ornamentation ... " - Bruce Lee

" No Machine has the eye of a Framebuilder. " - M.P. Klucha

" A machine cannot feel, nor does it have feeling " - M.P. Klucha

" ... true to the craft ... " - M.P. Klucha

" ... survive and thrive ..." - M.P. Klucha

" Form Follows Function ... " - Horatio Greenough

" ... what we think is the brink, is not the brink ... " - M.P. Klucha

" ... Fundamentals power my light bulbs ... " - M.P. Klucha

" It is only the mediocre student that does not surpass his master. " - Leonardo da Vinci

" Gentlemen take Polaroids " - Japan (British pop rock band formed in 1974, London, UK)

" It takes time to learn how to drink from a Firehose... " - M.P. Klucha

" The cowards never started, and the weak died along the way " - Borg Warner Racing

" Because what one did yesterday may have been good does not guarantee that today it will be
just as good - but it can be ... " - M.P. Klucha

" Focus on the effort, and everything else will take care of itself ... " - M.P. Klucha

" There ain't no time for cracking up, believe me friend " - The Verve

" Tomorrow never lasts like yesterday never should " - M.P. Klucha

" We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals we fight to defend " - Barack Obama
Reference & Resources
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