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!jayho!

01-05-08 08:51 PM

delete

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caterham

01-05-08 09:11 PM

have the stays rebrazed -it's just short of a failure and imo, not safe to ride the frame as it is.

Grand Bois

08-20-14 10:19 AM

It might have been interesting to see the cracks.

verktyg

02-20-15 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Grand Bois (Post 17054501)

It might have been interesting to see the cracks.

Ted,

They're so small, I wouldn't worry about them.... :lol:

BTW, teaser in the works:

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=435310

verktyg :50:

Chas.

thinktubes

02-20-15 10:52 PM

This thread died in 2008 - what gives GB????

dddd	02-21-15 10:53 AM

There's really only one way to find out how long that you can ride a cracked frame before such cracks deliver a noticeable structural liability, but I have terminated cracks with a drill bit and then ridden some few thousand miles with no subsequent growth of the failure.

So I would tell someone who was insistent on continuing to ride a cracked frame to at least put a stop to the crack with a drill bit, and to keep searching for a frame/bike replacement opportunity.

10 Wheels

02-21-15 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by !jayho! (Post 5931325)

delete

His last post was...Univega typeface? 09-08-08 02:03 PM

Steve Whitlatch

02-21-15 11:36 AM

It must be a sign that we are living in the last days? Threads keep rising from the dead. :)

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