Blais

When this happens again, which it definitely will if you had it brazed again, find yourself someone who knows his way around a MIG welder (a pro, not a shop-monkey). Before you bring the bike to him, strip everything out of the BB and clean all the grease out. Also, mosey over to the hardware store and get a set of needle files and use them to get all the braze out of the nooks and crannies of the joints. What you want to be left with is nice, bare, clean steel with nothing to contaminate the welds. Then explain to your welder that a low voltage setting with a slow wire speed setting need to be used so that you don't get too much root penetration into your BB and keep the heat-effected zone small so you don't have to worry so much about twisting the frame. If he does it right, the welds should look just like the braze job did but be MUCH stronger. Since I've been out of school, I've almost completely given up on brazing and consider it inferior to MIG in most applications. Also; if you don't care about the aesthetics, have him add a few small gussets from your chainstays to your seat tube and your seat tube to your down tube. That will boost the strength and longevity a bit by taking some stress off the joints. An honest welder shouldn't charge you more than 40 bucks for a job like that.

Rollfast

I have a Starter dual shell coat that cost me $5 at a yard sale and believe it or don't has been TOO WARM to ride in until lately.

Does that make me a FASHION VICTIM?

East Hill

I believe you about being too warm until lately. I've finally decided that I need the full finger gloves, but it's halfway through December, you know?

Fashion victim...yeah, probably. But you're talking to a woman who has a Cabela's balaclava facemask in blaze orange/Mossy Oak camo .

So I'm hardly one to talk .

East Hill

Rollfast

And I happy to talk at all I guess. By blind luck I guess I caught the leaking gas box in time two hours back. It's happened before but I don't go out a lot normally.

East Hill

Wow!

Are you all right? Everyone in the house all right?

East Hill

nancy sv

I just found this thread - I'm from Boise, but have NO idea where to get something like that done. glad you found someone to take care of you!

Rollfast

Si, muy bueno!

I saw it was thinking about snowing and decided to take up the slack of my outdoor extension cord so it didn't touch the ground on the way to the shed light in back and that's how I found it.

Hey, it also showed me where I might need to patch the cord and luckily that part can stay in the shed patched an out of he weather for now.

It was a bas gasket or maybe two on the meter box. It's happened in a few places and was caught every time but I wouldn't have normally even been out there.

East Hill

Man, you were lucky indeed! I'd say someone was keeping an eye on you there, so I hope you gave appropriate thanks .

East Hill

dmotoguy

I just saw this too.. i have a tig and a mig and can help you out next time. my dad can braze... so between us we could get you going.

Rollfast

It does groan a bit so I don't power up hills...didn't look like it would break just yet but I want to get it the best I can before I go to paint anything (and the body shop owner down the street said he would help me if I stripped it and sanded it good). Sleeving is probably a good idea and it can be braised to taper down to the tubes.

I would appreciate more details, price, whatever as I don't even get to Nampa often so I want to plan. I think you could be of help for my fairing mounts concept where the bottom attachs around the top of the forks and over the handlebar with a tubular base for the wood/composite body for the lightest weight. Right now I couldn't expect the bracket to take the stress/force with the fairing, but I want this bike to live! You rarely see such thought and determination coming from me like that, and I don't like losing stuff before I finish...

Please PM me? Thank you!