Old 09-07-08, 11:06 AM
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Thasiet
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Unterhausen, dude, I must just have terrible luck. I know the right chainstay-dropout joint is the single most common place for a frame to fail, due to cumulative fatigue from the torque of the drivetrain, but still, twice already? I hadn't ridden the Barracuda much prior to it happening, and it came to me in pretty well ridden into the ground condition, so I'll blame that one on the former owner. As for my Peug, well, I rode it fixed-gear, I rode it like stink, and the frame may well be a little too race-weight for my 200lbs (but oh is it ever supple). I definitely want to repair it, but will probably go the cheap route and make my own dropouts out of the 3"x3"x1/4" 1018 plates I've already got. I put them up against the dropout and it looks like I have enough metal that I can trim back the bent parts on the chainstays, but not the seatstays. Think that'll be a problem?
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