Yep, that's what I was thinking. Give up on it, even though the kickstand functions. I wasn't aware metals could fuse together like that before. I first saw that with "why are nipples brass" while wheel building researching.

Hm. I'm not quite sure what my bike is made out of.
2009 Raleigh Detour 4.5 - BikePedia
"Atomic 13 Aluminum"
Some kind of aluminum alloy/mix?
I know the bike shop I got it from told it was really thing steel one time and aluminum another time.

I just checked my actual bike. Same thing I thought when I took those pics -- The pics have more brown/red in them. For sure that hole in the frame attached piece isn't rusting that I see in person. It's got a nice coating of grey street gunk, grey in reality, not brown or tan like the pics show. That's a yellow flashlight beam on it and then the white flash from the camera. I was wondering if it was rusting. It doesn't appear to be, but in terms of frame metal, who knows what the weld/flux or little add-on bits of metal are for sure. "Made in China" caught my eye too.



"Atomic 13 Aluminum" looks like what Raleigh likes. So that's aluminum? It's just a specific type or Raleigh's specific name for their aluminum mix? And aluminum can corrode but won't rust. Dang.... I'll make a new thread. I saw yesterday that aluminum frames eventually wear out.... Only ten years though?