Framebuilders - Your opinion please: repairable or not?

I posted this on the Mechanics forum and got mixed opinions. What do you think?

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Something like this maybe?

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yowcha! everything is repairable, cost is where it hits you in the nuts.

As far as bending the tubes back, I think that will only lead to a weakend rear triangle & future failures. Tube replacement would be superior. I have never done either so take my reaction with a grain of salt.

I see what looks like a crease, near the drop-out. Replace the seat stay or frame; that seat stay is toast and is not repairable due to the crease.

You can always bend it back and then decide if it's good enough. Seat stays don't take a lot of load. I bet if you survey 1000 bike racks, you can probably find an old french bike with a broken seat stay/seat lug joint that is being ridden every day.

Thanks for your opinions. But I should have asked it in another way. I'm sure I can bend it back. My question is: Have you ever straightened a rear triangle that looked like this, how, and did it work OK after that?

As long as the metal doesn't crack or kink when you bend it back, you most likely will be fine for a good long time.

As long as the metal doesn't crack or kink when you bend it back, you most likely will be fine for a good long time.
agreed. Not that easy to tell what's wrong, but I'm guessing you can get it to look fairly good. Looks may be your biggest problem

Seconding, er thirding? You won't weaken the metal by returning it to straight-ish unless there's already a kink in the tube wall, or it does so upon strightening, and it's unlikely thaty two reversals of deflection even in the plastic zone are going to initiate a fatigue crack. You're hardening it by cold-work...

I can't see any creases, the bend is smooth. I think I'm going to make a sort of wooden cradle and use a large vise to bend it back.

If one tube bends, it's likely others are affected. Take it to a framebuilder and have it checked on a table. Then fix it right. If you can't, have someone else do it for you.