Don't Hide Dents With Stickers
08-08-10, 03:12 PM
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Don't Hide Dents With Stickers
I had a thread on this about 18 months ago when my frame first got dented. I watched it for a month and did slow bunny hops to make sure everything was fine, then covered the unsightly little dent with a sticker. A few weeks ago, I noticed a slight crease in the sticker but figured it just got smudged when putting it on my trunk rack. Today, that crease was noticeably longer, so I peeled off the sticker just to be sure. Well, I don't know how long it has been brewing, but a crack developed and now goes right through the tube wall and is now about 1/4 of the way around the tube. It sucks to have no frame now, but I'm very fortunate to have caught this before something catastrophic happened.
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08-08-10, 03:16 PM
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Is the crack not where the dent was, or were there to dents?
08-08-10, 03:44 PM
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looks like the sticker was holding everything together, put it back
08-08-10, 03:48 PM
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i have a dent that i filled in with nail polish and then sanded down until it looked smooth. now i'm worried.
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08-08-10, 03:55 PM
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It was probably a load bearing sticker.
08-08-10, 04:10 PM
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+1 :LOL:
Sorry to hear this, UK. I don't know how it could have happened as it wasn't carbon fiber (aluminum, right?).
Does this mean you're out of bike now? Good timing, I suppose w/baby. Bad timing with Cool Breeze.
Sorry to hear this, UK. I don't know how it could have happened as it wasn't carbon fiber (aluminum, right?).
Does this mean you're out of bike now? Good timing, I suppose w/baby. Bad timing with Cool Breeze.
08-08-10, 04:17 PM
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Two dents. The crack started from the smaller one.
Thanks, I needed the laugh.
At least I only had to remove a sticker. Good luck with that.
Yep, at least until I can convince my wife that riding the mountain bike on the road just isn't an alternative. Not sure if I was in shape for Cool Breeze today anyway. Pooped out at mile 40 on a 45 mile ride today... unless the crack was causing frame flex that tired me out 
Thanks, I needed the laugh.
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Yeah, but at least the mtb could be welded for $20. Even after a shock rebuild and frame repair, that mountain bike was put together for a couple hundred.
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08-08-10, 04:58 PM
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this is the time we all wait for in silence...your frame is dead, time for research!
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Ahh, but you don't know my wife's prescribed budget for a new frame. $0
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08-08-10, 05:41 PM
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Tough break. (No pun intended).
Your club doesn't have a yahoo or google email group? There's probably a bunch of unused frames sitting in your teammates garages.
Your club doesn't have a yahoo or google email group? There's probably a bunch of unused frames sitting in your teammates garages.
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I picked up a frame from a local guy once...
Frame looked great! Noticed the Avid stick on the seat tube...
Then after I peeled it off...
*sigh*
Frame looked great! Noticed the Avid stick on the seat tube...
Then after I peeled it off...
*sigh*
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I think I've seen that frame on bonktown before. Even at 75% off, it costs more than I've spent on any one bike before.
Thanks! About 54/55, but the more important part is I can't seem to fit on anything steeper than 73.5 STA. I'm trying to talk some sense into the wife, because I just cancelled my gym membership as I stay fit by riding... and we don't want the baby to have a fat dad who will die early, right?
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That actually looks superficial. Was it structural? But yeah, I learned the hard way one something non bike related and now have the rule that if the guy won't remove the stickers for me, I won't buy it.
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