Originally Posted by
Bob Barker
Hardly think you can blame this one on the framebuilder.
Yet, there are numerous frames that have had their stays severely bent and straightened, structurally no worse for wear.
Regardless of that impact, look at that joint. I don't even
see any silver in the gap.
How do you check for something like that? Or do you just wait for failure and get it fixed?
Pretty much. I will say, however, that an undamaged joint looks, externally, as if it is virtually devoid of any joining material in the first place.
-Kurt