Originally Posted by
puchfinnland
frank- does it make sense to completly replace the tubes with new stronger ones?
in my eyes its not a repair then- but an upgrade/replacement
Yes, that would be ideal. There are only two 7005 tapered chain stays on the market. One is the Deda part and the other is the "open source" Easton profile. The one in this bike looks like the Easton part. The deda is very large. I have never seen either crack at the bridge when used in a road bike. (the same part is used for the MTB but curved) The deda would be the only option different than what is currently in place and while I have not seen any failures, they are so thin you can shine a light through them (kidding)
I would like to see the tubes, inside and out to see what happened. I build some special frames for criterium racing with stronger chainstays but it would look like it had "sausage legs" because they are very large.
So an assumption may be reached that either something went wrong with the welding or some other weird issue . Ill look at the pics again and we will talk more later.
Originally Posted by
Chombi
It would be interesting to do the forensics on why the crack developed. Could the chainstay bridge next to it had something to do sith it? What does it look like from the other side of the stay, next to the wheel? Is this something that happens to other Al frames?
Chombi
Exactly.
Originally Posted by
ColonelJLloyd
They look nice, but I don't ride them because I don't want to burn in hell's fire.
Did you know your fork was aligned in a facility where sanitary manufacturing techniques are used to process aluminum frames? Have you had any symptoms of allergic reaction?
Life alert?