Originally Posted by
bigdufstuff
I bought my bike used about a year ago. It is a steel road frame. I was looking over the frame the other day and noticed one of the chain stays has a noticable dent on it near the chain rings. Is it a good idea to keep and use this bike?
Without seeing the bike my guess is it was designed that way. Denting the chainstay to provide pedal or chainring clearance is commonly done.