BREW Bikes Frame Building Class Is Huge Success These guys from across the United States participated in a frame building class at BREW Bikes and spent the week learning with BREW experts Steve, Kim and Chad Garn. Photo courtesy of www.brewracingframes.com A frame building class participant is busy welding. Photo courtesy of Derek Ford By Fawn Roark BREW Bikes of West Jefferson offered a frame building class last week and it exceeded all expectations, according to Owner Steve Garn of BREW Bikes. The class was essentially the only one of its kind nationwide as it was a class offered by a manufacturer and based on its great success, it is probably the first of many. The class included a welding course and assistance in final welding and at least 50 hours of instruction along with hands-on experience. John Basile from San Jose, Calif.; Jay Johnson from Tampa, Fla.; Chris Bishop of Baltimore, Md.; Derek Ford of San Jose, Calif.; and John Norenberg of Kenosha, Wis. all participated in the first class offered by BREW. “This class completely exceeded expectations – a few of the guys said they might try to come back. They loved it here and were just amazed everything – from how nice the staff at the local restaurants were to how much they loved working in the class. The only complaints we had was that none of their cell phones worked and that time passed too quickly,” Garn explained Monday morning. “These guys were here from all over the place and they built different kinds of frames totally, but they loved it. They didn’t want to leave. We all had a really good time and I was completely in shock that it went so well. We really had fun last week and it went very well.” Ford said he had a great time in the week-long class and learned a lot. “Yeah, my favorite part of the trip was the fun. We had a great time in your town. The locals were nice and friendly. The food was awesome. Steve put a lot of soul into this and we gained so much knowledge in little time.” Garn was also very pleased that everyone got along so well and had such a great time. As he explained on BREW’s webpage, “For 20 years I have been asked to do classes. I always said no because I wasn’t sure how it would end up. Not in my wildest dreams (I have some really WILD ones) would I have ever imagined what really happened this week. Will they get along? Get along!? That is the biggest under statement I have seen in a long time. We had a blast with everyone helping each other,” Garn said. “We went out to eat together. Man, the stories and the laughter was better than any summer camp I went to when I was younger (I still remember when I was younger!). We have several great local restaurants - we went out together in the evening and man was it great. Every night they had to stay open past closing because of the great time we were having. All the restaurant staffs were great also this week for letting us stay late. So, my first problem never showed up which totally amazed me.” Garn said the participants were very excited and proud of their learning and building experience during the class. “At the closing dinner, all commented on how tired they were. They said it was hard to sleep at night because of all the ideas about the frame they were building kept coming and coming and they were excited to get back to work. Everyone at the end was making sure they had phone numbers, addresses, cell numbers and e-mail addresses so they could keep in touch. Many friendships were made here.” The next BREW Bikes Frame Building Class will be offered March 27-31st. Garn said he also plans to offer a fabrication class in April that will discuss all aspects of welding methods, welding machines, plasma and torch metal cutting as well as powder coating. For more information, visit BREW’s website online at www.brewracingframes.com or call 336-246-8555.