Thread: Cracked dropout
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Old 04-01-15 | 06:24 PM
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Bikes: too many bikes from 1967 10s (5x2)Frejus to a Sumitomo Ti/Chorus aluminum 10s (10x2), plus one non-susp mtn bike I use as my commuter

The break is very close to the tube, so IMO welding is probably out. But it is repairable by brazing. Any decent torchmak should be able o do this for you at low cost if you don't mind burnt paint and some down and dirty repaint of the rear triangle. A nicer job would b to replace the dropout, but that's a bit more complicated since it loses the positioning.

BTW- just guessing by the photo, but I wonder if the rear triangle width was not matched to the hub. If so, you need to correct that before brazing, or it'll just break again.
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