Originally Posted by
Sayre Kulp
I was recommended to check out this forum for help with this.
I have a crack in my 7005 aluminum frame where the top tube meets the seat tube. There have been numerous suggestions including possible gussets to reinforce it, but I don't know anything about this stuff.
It's currently being discussed here:
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...n-life-support!
Any help would be most appreciated.
Sure it can be fixed. There is a serious flaw in the engineering (or design) that should be addressed. All of the riders weight and most of his/her strength is being applied to a pretty small piece of material in a really small triangle.
I would need to know more about you and the bike to describe the modifications needed to complete an effective repair or you can send it to me. I was one of the first people to weld a bicycle from 7005 and have made hundreds of frames that didn't break and a few that did. I fixed those ones and they didn't break. This has been going on for more than twenty years.