FRAMEWORKS | Neko Mulally | Bonded Frame 

the whole transparency is just so beautiful.

The headtube badge and fitment is soooo satisfying!

Your bonded result blurs the line visually to the lines of a finished carbon frame. It's a work of art.

The logo interface was so satisfying

It’s a good day any day we get to learn about bike design from Neko and team!

That front triangle looks soooo good!

The whole FW approach is so sweet. Thanks for bringing us along

Bucketlist item: Get, Build, & Ride a Frameworks DH rocketship!

Great video Neko!! If that's still Logan's work, he's killing it with that montage. Love this project and the work Faction Bike Studio is doing - hopefully they'll up their Instagram content with the newfound fame.

All the best with your project. Lovely how you floating over the rocks

Gorgeous bike. Love this series and you guiding us thru your process. Can't wait to see it on the WC.

Very clean! Really enjoy the progress you have made.

Thank you for sharing, That is one smooth frame in appearance and in traction, just glued to the ground.

Their frames are gorgeous!

Wicked clean looking. Excellent job!

As always, awesome work. I love seeing FW bikes at races around the southeast.

This series just keeps getting better. Keep up the good work

What a master piece!

Intro montage was fire! And good looking bike. Exciting stuff.

So sick !!! Great video big Dawgs!!!!

This series is just amazing!! Seeing the development of the bike and learning about the process. It's gotta be the best looking bonded bike I've seen

Still loving this project and wish you and the team best of luck this year. Also, cool choice of music for this video!

Wonderful bike, great video riding and music 🤙🏻✌🏻🤟🏻

Insane. Very proud of that home company at Faction. Good luck this season Neko and all your team!

Great project!!!

That frame is mama mia, bellissimo!

First off, Logan is crazy good at making these videos. From the angles, cuts and music, it's just perfect in every way. Secondly, what a beautiful bike! I can't wait to see what's to come in the future.

Awesome Keep doing what you’re doing

That frame is gorgeous

Beautiful!

Beautiful bike

Art. At its finest.

First time I heard this song I thought it would be great for a mtb edit, good job! 😀 And a cool bike too.

That’s a really well-engineered frame. But it’s the head badge I like the most - trick!

Really liking the almost seamless joints. Keen to see what the outcome is for the long term testing 👍

Soo good, thanks for sharing.

Just like a Lotus Elise. Bonded aluminum for the win!

That head badge process is dope af and it looks killer

Great looking bike! Definitely more refined

Brilliant!

looks sick bro

Sick!!!!

Wow 😳 what a dream bike

Your bikes are absolute works of art, id love to ride one of them at highland in the future

Man, this is an awesome continuation of your project and I 100% agree with you and Faction on the bonding process, 100% or as close as you can get accurate. The tech in adhesives these days is insane, far as I know they use it on things that take a lot more stress than a bike and it holds up. Think this company has a bright future ahead for proto development for small companies who just don't have the capital to invest in all that's needed to develop stuff. Will be interesting to hear how these frames hold up on the WC tracks and how they compare to the old welded versions.

bike looks sick

Great content

Love the look. :)

Those head tube lug shots are so crazy

Wow, looks awesome. Looking forward to seeing how the bonded frames do in real world race testing as well. Suspect they will run well given the R&D by Faction.

That’s amazing

I like the back triangle it looks solid.. I've seen a lot of back triangles snapped in welding places even the biggest bicycle companies

very cool bike

That is sic AF!!!

Awesome

Awesome.

Neko for president

hell ya brother

prototype version 2.599 looks really refined.

Why do your bikes all look much sexier than what exists on the market ? Strait experimentations, simple clean looking

Coming along nicely......Ha!

🔥🔥😳😳

The beauty of an interference fit

I'm budgeting for a FW no doubt

Suggest you upgrade to a dual spring setup in the rear and make it the same kashima gold it is the perfect match

What grade of alloy is that? Also the machining on inner side of the seatstays to maximize effeciency, just beautiful!

whos the artist for the music?! loving these videos

yo you guys should use some colter wall on one of these, it would hit

Frame looks great as a short rider are you able to make frame in different sizes with the this manufacturing process?

A little o t perhaps, but what was the artist / song? Great to see dynamic thinking in the bike building industry! Beautiful work!

aaaaand today was a good day.

looks like a spaceship now

Curious about the bond joint and adhesive used. Are you doing a draft angle or anything between the lugs/tubes to ensure bonding surface area?

I love how open you talk about your sponsor deals. This is unfortunately way to rare

I could think of a certain brand that could benefit from pivoting their prototype construction duties to Faction Bike Studio.

Neko, could you give me some idea of how often you change gears on a race run and which you think are your dominant ranges?

This bike is beatiful more whit rockshox, congrants neko 🔥🤯🤩

Goddam 🗣️🗣️🗣️

isnt the heat tolerance issue solved in a aluminum and steel just by baking the whole thing? what is the life of the resins used in this frame vs carbon? how does it deal with changes in temperature?

Hey Neko, you’re an inspiration on so many level. God willing I’ll own one your bikes soon enough

The frame looks gorgeous ! Is the rocker something that might carry over from this version of the bike to others ? Looks a lot lighter than the one before.

Why we really did this: no one wants to BK, so Neko had it his way.

Cant you use different materials if they dont need to be weldable?

Is this the same thing the Athertons did with their new S series aluminum bikes?

Perfect frame for a ebike conversion 😮 but super slick design! cant even tell its bonded, sure wish to see if it will hold 😢

Careful the front don’t fall off

Is the shock 230 or 250? Because I have never seen a DHX in 250.

Looks sick, just dont use the same glue as Pivot and youll be all good

hope you model it after the atherton bikes, not the exploding pivot bikes

what's the theme song? :)

So not paying for a master welder the price should come down on the frames ? Less man hrs right.

It's so bizarre seeing a massive resurgence in 30 year old technology. The BEEPER KING was right technology is cyclical.

Retro is new again…Raleigh had bonded titanium main tubes to chromoly head tube in late 80’s I had one…

This guy must have so much money

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I'll give a kidney for one or the $ amount.

Next step Aluminum Monocoque M1

Bonded with Loctite? No thanks that is a hard pass for me. Nothing beats a nice smooth uniform beaded weld!

So the same as Atherton bikes

Beautiful frame.I honestly would never ride a bonded Frame, I just don't have Confidence in them. Bernard kerrs frame severing at crank worx Reinforced it for me