Also called: Frame Builder
Designs and hand-builds custom bicycle frames from steel, titanium, or carbon.
They measure a rider's body, design a frame geometry, cut and miter tubes, and braze or weld joints by hand. A single frame can take 30-60 hours. Many frame builders run tiny one- or two-person shops with year-long waitlists.
Estimate; small business income varies widely.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Apprenticeship, about 1 year after high school. Learned through frame-building schools (like UBI) or apprenticeships.
Ways in: Apprenticeship, Trade school, Self-taught. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Welding (trade school), Industrial Design.
Growing slowly. Small, passionate niche.
Low risk for 10 years. Customers pay for a handmade frame fitted to their body; AI and robots do little in tiny custom shops.
Classes: Welding CTE, Physics, Geometry.
Official data: O*NET occupation 51-4121.
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