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08-31-06, 01:01 PM
so, some jerkface did this to my frame (ostensibly, some jerkface wearing a fedex uniform):
http://static.flickr.com/76/230164760_d53a3cda00_m.jpghttp://static.flickr.com/65/230169684_2f6e92ad92_m.jpg
to point out the obvious: i can't get an axle in there.
Questions:
1. This is some beefy stuff. Will hot-setting it back to shape sacrifice strength? (Is bending it back a good or bad idea?)
2. The people that shipped the frame to me want their "in-house" person to do the frame repair. Trust them, or demand that they pay the original builder to do the fix?
3. There's a dent, small but definitely there, at the end. Should I demand they pay to replace the dropout entirely instead of bending?
4. Honestly, what kind of run-in with the frame could cause this? Seems to me that probably took quite a bit of force... and the box the frame was shipped in is still intact.
I appreciate your experienced opinion...
http://static.flickr.com/76/230164760_d53a3cda00_m.jpghttp://static.flickr.com/65/230169684_2f6e92ad92_m.jpg
to point out the obvious: i can't get an axle in there.
Questions:
1. This is some beefy stuff. Will hot-setting it back to shape sacrifice strength? (Is bending it back a good or bad idea?)
2. The people that shipped the frame to me want their "in-house" person to do the frame repair. Trust them, or demand that they pay the original builder to do the fix?
3. There's a dent, small but definitely there, at the end. Should I demand they pay to replace the dropout entirely instead of bending?
4. Honestly, what kind of run-in with the frame could cause this? Seems to me that probably took quite a bit of force... and the box the frame was shipped in is still intact.
I appreciate your experienced opinion...