Frame Incorrectly Welded?
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Frame Incorrectly Welded?
I have a 2010 Diamondback Insight 3. I'm trying to mount some fenders and I noticed the horizontal tube connecting the two seat stays (where you would mount a side pull brake caliper) has been welded between the two seat stays with the threaded hole through it vertical- basically the hole is 90 degrees off from where I'd expect it to be. In order to mount my fender, I will have to bend the bracket 90 degrees.
Is this a manufacturing error or is it normal?
Is this a manufacturing error or is it normal?
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It's welded correctly... or at least correctly for that company and that particular model of bike. I've seen a few MTB frames with the hole sitting vertical like that. I suspect that the designers or maybe the fabricating company wasn't thinking of us poor slobs that like to run with fenders.
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you could just drill a hole into the fender and thread a bolt with washer that fits into the slot.
that's how some older bikes had their fenders mounted.
that's how some older bikes had their fenders mounted.
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My carbon fiber cyclocross frame has a vertical hole in the brake bridge section of the seat stays too (though there is a braze-on fitting instead of just a hole there). Use a screw through the fender as has been suggested. If the resulting position of the fender is too high off the tire then use spacer above the fender to move it down.
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It's welded correctly... or at least correctly for that company and that particular model of bike. I've seen a few MTB frames with the hole sitting vertical like that. I suspect that the designers or maybe the fabricating company wasn't thinking of us poor slobs that like to run with fenders.
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