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Old 08-07-18 | 08:46 AM
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Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;

I don't know that this is a safety hazard, but that frame will eventually fail at the site of the bulge, which is a high-stress point on any frame. My first Capo was in a frontal collision (my only bike-to-car incident, which also got me a double fracture of the left clavicle and a concussion). I had the head tube pulled back into alignment at a local shop, which had a fixture for that purpose, and rode it for 5 more years. I was climbing an 8 percent grade when I noticed a crack starting to propagate around the downtube, starting at the bottom. The rupture centered on the bulge site, right behind the end of the butting. I gingerly and gently rode it a mile to my destination, and subsequently 3 miles back home, and promptly retired the frame. A friend who was teaching auto shop and bicycle repair cut it up to demonstrate double-butting.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
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