In the past I have some times found it hard to get advice on repairing and replacing parts on old steel frames and identifying when, where and by who it was built. So I thought I would make a thread to help others out.

Yours in cycling,
Emmet

Welcome to BF. This is certainly the place to ask questions and show your bikes. Do you have a question about a bike you have.

We are a helping community.

Thanks for asking. I was wondering how one would repair this ad and how much it would cost. The man I bought it from said that he bought it in the 80's and stripped it down about a year ago after learning that it had cracks at the top of the down tube. I only spent 10 bucks on it so I'm fine with just hanging it up and finding myself a new frame. Thanks again.

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Front end crash damage it looks like, unless you are a skilled frame builder this one isn't something to repair and ride. If you want to learn frame repair and frame building skills its, a likely practice piece for you, you could look at some of the frame building schools around the country perhaps. Interesting looking frame though, nothing exotic but some unusual points on it. One of the members here with some knowledge about doing frame repairs should be along shortly.

Welcome to the C&V Forum also.

Bill

Depending on whether you have a shop in your area that would do the fix...

I've seen work done by Andy at Yellow Jersey in Madison WI. His prices are reasonable, but shipping might be a deal breaker.

Check out his work at: Bicycle Frame Repair at Yellow Jersey


No affiliation with them, other than I went into the shop once, and another time Andrew helped me with a shifting problem over email. I'm considering having a frame redone there.

Ok thanks I have a friend who knows some stuff about frame building and I'll ask him if he knows of any schools around here.