Hi Guys,

There is this Anchor branded (Bridgestone) steel road bike which is their top line model that is for sale locally. The catch is that their is a pretty large dent on the downtube. is this type of dent in this type of location no longer rideable? Looks like it might have fallen on something and bounced around it during shipping since the headtube and fork dont look like they have collision damage. Can this severity of dent be rolled out? Not noticing any actual punctures in the steel but a lot of the sharper edges but would rolling this out potentially cause that? The steel looks to be custom made judging from the way it connects to the head tube, would that make replacing the downtube with conventional lugged steel a no go? Is it possible to just cut out and replace the damaged section? Appreciate any advice.