chuckerboy
10-03-07, 12:41 PM
i have a frame that has a kind of deep dint but doesnt look that bad, what should i do?
Bicycle Mechanics - frame dint
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kenhill3
10-03-07, 02:37 PM
i have a frame that has a kind of deep dint but doesnt look that bad, what should i do?
So, help us out, a 'dint' must be a cross between a dent and a.................
So, help us out, a 'dint' must be a cross between a dent and a.................
rmfnla
10-03-07, 03:08 PM
A dint is a dent on a frame that is otherwise in mint condition.
HillRider
10-03-07, 06:34 PM
A dint is a dent on a frame that is otherwise in mint condition.
Oh, so that's what he mint. :rolleyes:
OK, enough puns.
To the OP: What is the frame material? Where is the dent located? How deep and how big? More details are needed before anything but jokes can be provided.
Oh, so that's what he mint. :rolleyes:
OK, enough puns.
To the OP: What is the frame material? Where is the dent located? How deep and how big? More details are needed before anything but jokes can be provided.
barba
10-03-07, 06:36 PM
Pictures?
operator
10-03-07, 06:50 PM
A dint is a dent on a frame that is otherwise in mint condition.
Ok, I can't tell if this is a joke post or for realz.
Ok, I can't tell if this is a joke post or for realz.
chuckerboy
10-07-07, 01:43 AM
aliminium, about 15cm away from the BB and about 0.5cm in
chuckerboy
10-16-07, 12:35 PM
some one help me
vpiuva
10-16-07, 12:39 PM
some one help me
a good picture is worth 1000 words
a good picture is worth 1000 words
rmfnla
10-16-07, 05:44 PM
some one help me
...please!!!
...please!!!
wroomwroomoops
10-16-07, 06:34 PM
aliminium, about 15cm away from the BB and about 0.5cm in
A dint in an aliminium frame... I am starting to see a pittern here. Lit's all deform a wird here and there, just to keep to conversation frish :)
Seriously, picture(s) please. We must see the dint to appriciate its effect.
A dint in an aliminium frame... I am starting to see a pittern here. Lit's all deform a wird here and there, just to keep to conversation frish :)
Seriously, picture(s) please. We must see the dint to appriciate its effect.
Philatio
10-17-07, 06:38 AM
seat tube? down tube? chain stay? .5cm is a pretty deep dent. I mean dint?
chuckerboy
10-19-07, 12:05 PM
down tube and i aint got a pic soz
truckin
10-19-07, 01:06 PM
Pretty hard to help without a picture, unfortunately. Any way you can get one taken?
oilman_15106
10-19-07, 10:54 PM
Bondo.
Snow White body putty is my choice. Somehow from the title I knew this post would make my day.
Snow White body putty is my choice. Somehow from the title I knew this post would make my day.
cudak888
10-19-07, 11:42 PM
A dint in eh alumininumi frami causi cracki andi frami failuri.
-Courtesy your local Italian-racer-wannabi bike shop.
-Kurt
-Courtesy your local Italian-racer-wannabi bike shop.
-Kurt
dizzy101
10-20-07, 12:19 AM
pics or it didn't happen
JanMM
10-20-07, 08:23 PM
honest, I dint do it
vpiuva
10-20-07, 08:39 PM
pics or it dint happen
fixed
fixed
Cody Broken
10-20-07, 08:40 PM
This is a good thread. I want to thank you all for making it happen.
urban_assault
10-21-07, 10:19 AM
Without seeing the dint, it's hard to tell how bad it is. For safety's sake You might not want to ride the bike before you can get someone from the bike shop to take a look at it.
ultraman6970
10-21-07, 05:00 PM
dint' is a dent with west virginia accent!
:D
:D
Bob Dopolina
10-21-07, 05:28 PM
A dint is a dent on a frame that is otherwise in mint condition.
OK, it can't be a regional thing because I grew up in the Canadian East and also lived in the West for nearly a decade. I completely understand a "dint" or a "ding" to be exactly as you described it.
OP; How big in this dint (in relation to the size of a coin, dime, penny, you know...)?
If it's on the downtube, partway between the BB and the head tube, it is most likely an MTB that got chuncked on a rock you didn't quite make it up (that's how I got most of mine :eek:). Chances are the frame will eventually fail in that area. How thick are the walls of the tubing there? What frame (model, year) has this happen on? How has the frame been riding previously? There could be time but I'd start budgeting for a new frame.
This kind of information could help.
OK, it can't be a regional thing because I grew up in the Canadian East and also lived in the West for nearly a decade. I completely understand a "dint" or a "ding" to be exactly as you described it.
OP; How big in this dint (in relation to the size of a coin, dime, penny, you know...)?
If it's on the downtube, partway between the BB and the head tube, it is most likely an MTB that got chuncked on a rock you didn't quite make it up (that's how I got most of mine :eek:). Chances are the frame will eventually fail in that area. How thick are the walls of the tubing there? What frame (model, year) has this happen on? How has the frame been riding previously? There could be time but I'd start budgeting for a new frame.
This kind of information could help.
neil0502
10-21-07, 06:44 PM
This sort of thing CAN be fixed ... most often by dint of one's own effort.
You're welcome.
You're welcome.
ultraman6970
10-21-07, 08:59 PM
I forgot this. Probably nothing will happen to the frame ever. It nobody u know can fill it with metal just put bondo to it and retouch it. Done. I have seen weird dings and dangs and dungs in road frames and many of them never failed where the tube was smashed by a rock or grabble. No experiences with MB frames but if the problem is 15 off the bb nothing should happen ever. I would bondo it, sand it and retouch it.
Thanks.
Thanks.