o gosh another dented aluminum thread.... =(
12-20-12, 06:01 AM
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o gosh another dented aluminum thread.... =(
sob story. bike dropped #facepalm. looked over bike and found this little 'gem'.
am i now out of a frame?
if i ride this, will it implode beneath my legs?
i know it's impossible to fix. So i either keep on trucking, or crash replace this thing.
dont have my calipers out, but probably 2-3mm in diameter, feels maybe 1mm-2mm deep?
am i now out of a frame?
if i ride this, will it implode beneath my legs?
i know it's impossible to fix. So i either keep on trucking, or crash replace this thing.
dont have my calipers out, but probably 2-3mm in diameter, feels maybe 1mm-2mm deep?
12-20-12, 06:43 AM
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If you are not going to ride that frame I will buy it from you for $100 shipped. Go out and ride...don't be so neurotic, get that thing dirty and you will hardly notice it.
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12-20-12, 06:45 AM
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I bet if the light wasn't right on it, you wouldn't even notice that!
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is an imperfection not a dent. Why people is so neurotic man... go riding.
12-20-12, 08:57 AM
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Oh dear, there must be somebody out there somewhere scaring people with horror stories about aluminium... possibly somebody with a vested interest in selling frames.
Ride the damn thing!
Ride the damn thing!
12-20-12, 06:07 PM
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115 from me to buy it!! I would ride the hell out of that frame. There is no dent to speak of, just a tiny ding.
12-20-12, 06:18 PM
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I read this thread at work and could not access the photos. Now that I see it I find it absolutely adorable that the OP is worried about it. It is such comically small imperfection that I wouldn't be surprised to find multiple similar features on my bike... if I were to ever look closely enough to find it 
12-20-12, 06:28 PM
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I should take a picture of the big old dent in the front of the steering tube on my 1975 road bike... the dent has been there since the early 80s, came from catching a steel cable that was across the bottom of a fireroad (yes, I was mountain biking on my tubulars, hah hah), I didn't see the cable until I was too close to stop, and it bounced off the front wheel onto the steering tube, where it snagged the rivetted on badge, I did a endo over the bars and it left a dent in the frame, and bent the front side pull brake. campy brake was replaced, dent in frame remained.
of course, reynolds 531 brazed lugged steel frames had just a bit more structural integrity than a-lu-mini-um.
of course, reynolds 531 brazed lugged steel frames had just a bit more structural integrity than a-lu-mini-um.
12-20-12, 06:33 PM
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This thread was born stunted 
This "dent" is nowhere near deep enough to warrant a discussion. Even the most paranoid person in the world will just yawn at that aesthetic blemish.
I am disappoint
This "dent" is nowhere near deep enough to warrant a discussion. Even the most paranoid person in the world will just yawn at that aesthetic blemish. I am disappoint
12-20-12, 08:58 PM
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I need a new monitor. Can't see any blemish...................
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12-20-12, 10:13 PM
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I just finished filling a dent on the underside of the down tube on my Trek with bondo before I paint it. It was deep enough to need 4 coats of filler. And its had 10K hard miles since it acquired this distinction.
OP, you're suffering from new car syndrome. Your brand new ride's got its first boo-boo. Have a good cry and ride on. Bikes aren't any fun sitting in the garage.
OP, you're suffering from new car syndrome. Your brand new ride's got its first boo-boo. Have a good cry and ride on. Bikes aren't any fun sitting in the garage.
12-20-12, 11:05 PM
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I've purposely hammered bigger dents than that into (steel) frames for crank arm and chainring clearance 
12-20-12, 11:35 PM
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I think the OP is playing with us. Showing off his tiny dent to rub in the fact that most of the rest of us have bikes a lot more banged up
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