Classic & Vintage - Heaven, my Motobecane it went.

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My Grand Jubile was killed today by the bumps on Burke Gilman Trail. Or may be it was the powerful Walmart cables I put on her that snapped the chain stay when I shifted.:roflmao2: I don't think my weight or the accident she involved in earlier this year had anything to do with it. Luckily I was riding with my wife, so I was able to steal her bike and made her walk 16 miles back to the parking lot.:p Just kidding.

No! No! No!

You were spinning along up a hill in the 53X11 cooling down after your sub 3 hr Century Tempo ride when you decided to sprint the last 200 meters up the 22% grade you were on. As you dialed it up to 600 Watts and your heart rate approached 80 bpm, your chain stay exploded as you passed a rider on Trek that you later learned was Alberto Contador.

:thumb::thumb::thumb:

May your Moto rest in peace.:(:(

EDIT: That will probably buff right out...........................

If it's worth it to you, you could probably have a competent frame builder braze a new chainstay, or atleast a new dropout with longer tangs.
Glad you made it through unscathed.
-Gene-

I'd try for the repair option. Too nice a bike to waste.

Probably not going to save it. I have a Grand Record waiting for donor parts.

Whoever brazed that dropout probably overheated it, a-la Benotto bottom bracket/seat tube.

-Kurt

What really stinks is - with the break there, you can't even chop the rear triangle off to make a stool out of it. :(

Whoever brazed that dropout probably overheated it, a-la Benotto bottom bracket/seat tube.

But that's 33 years ago, if the tube was overheated shouldn't it cracked a long time ago. That's does make a lot of sense, but I still think is the crappy Walmart cable.

Stool Huh? You got a picture?

Forgot to mention something really funny. After I pointed out the stay broke, the first thing that came out of my wife's mouth was "you got duct tape?". I swear she didn't learn that from me.

No! No! No!

You were spinning along up a hill in the 53X11 cooling down after your sub 3 hr Century Tempo ride when you decided to sprint the last 200 meters up the 22% grade you were on. As you dialed it up to 600 Watts and your heart rate approached 80 bpm, your chain stay exploded as you passed a rider on Trek that you later learned was Alberto Contador.

:thumb::thumb::thumb:

May your Moto rest in peace.:(:(

EDIT: That will probably buff right out...........................

Just explain that it was narly.

In a nutshell:

That sucks.

Sorry, bud.

If you don't want to fix it, at least don't toss it out: Someone in C&V would love to fix it up, I'm sure, and try a hand at brazing if nothing else.

Not a 58 is it??

I can't see why anyone want a broken frame. It is a Vitus 172 and not 531. I thought about cutting the tubes to save the lugs for future use but the tubes are metric. I am keeping the fork for another project and the Swiss threaded BB also. The frame is 57cm.

Forgot to mention something really funny. After I pointed out the stay broke, the first thing that came out of my wife's mouth was "you got duct tape?". I swear she didn't learn that from me.

Pfft, everyone knows that's gonna need JB Weld:p

Some people are just crazy.

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=366461

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Stool Huh? You got a picture?...

http://garbageflowers.com/images/racerstool0001.jpg

Probably not going to save it. I have a Grand Record waiting for donor parts.
Convert it to a single speed/fixed gear with some Henry James conversion dropouts (http://www.henryjames.com/productlug.html#laserdo):

http://www.henryjames.com/gifolder/ldo-conv.gif

You could probably sell it in 5 minutes in Seattle if you decide not to ride it yourself. It would be a shame not to keep it on the road in some form.

Southwest Frameworks in Dallas will replace a chainstay for $125...just sayin'.
I've never used them but I've heard good things.

I can't see why anyone want a broken frame.

Uhm, have you ever read this forum? :lol:

It's steel, therefor infinitely repairable. No reason at all to throw that away.

http://garbageflowers.com/images/racerstool0001.jpg

something new every day...

I can't see why anyone want a broken frame. It is a Vitus 172 and not 531. I thought about cutting the tubes to save the lugs for future use but the tubes are metric. I am keeping the fork for another project and the Swiss threaded BB also. The frame is 57cm.

Offer it to one of the fellows on the Framebuilding forum looking for a project.

Maybe Unterhausen might want it - just for the hell of it - if he isn't too busy?

-Kurt

I'm curious if the crack goes through the vent hole on the inside of the stay?

duct tape.

http://garbageflowers.com/images/racerstool0001.jpg

That's a bike boom stool :)

Mine is 531 and has Campy ends:

http://www.otis.g2solutions.biz/ebayimages/tempstool.jpg

"Why would anyone want a broken frame?"

Really? It's C&V, there is a limited and continually dwindling supply.

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My Grand Jubile was killed today

I'll take the derailleur off your hands for you :D

That's why it's BF. Because "P A T E N" is enough for someone to know.

That's a bike boom stool :)

Mine is 531 and has Campy ends:

Someone Drewed the drive-side dropout.

:eek:

-Kurt

I can't see why anyone want a broken frame. It is a Vitus 172 and not 531.

Some of us actually seek out Vitus 172 steel frames, even if it means having to repair one.

Some of us actually seek out Vitus 172 steel frames, even if it means having to repair one.

yes, and my '77 vitus 172 tubed Grand Jubilee is highly offended.

That's a bike boom stool :)

Mine is 531 and has Campy ends:

http://www.otis.g2solutions.biz/ebayimages/tempstool.jpg
Looks like you "drewed" it, you reprobate.

duct tape.
Naw, 5/8" hose clamp.:p

Naw, 5/8" hose clamp.:p

Gorilla Glue.