Framebuilders - Repair Suggestion

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GitanePro83

10-15-09, 04:59 PM

Hi

I've been jumping around these forums, and people have led me here.

So, for your frame-building expertise... is this repairable??

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/2163/broken1g.jpg

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/3481/broken2s.jpg

It's an older bike, made of steel alloy.

Cassave

10-15-09, 08:20 PM

Yes. It'll require replacement of the dropout at the very least. Take it to a good LBS and see if they can recommend a local builder to handle the repair for you.

unterhausen

10-15-09, 10:08 PM

That's not the easiest repair. Is that a Simplex dropout? The interesting thing to me is that the dropout is over 5mm or more from where it would line up with the stay. Is the hub too narrow for the bike, or is that collateral damage that occurred after the break? You don't usually see dropouts break at the stay.