My Baby is BROKEN!!! :cry: shiffle sniffle :(
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Dang, BG, that sucks alright. The important thing is, you weren't on it, & there was no "catastrophic" failure.
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Very sorry to see the seat stay cap fracture. What caused it? Maybe it was that crash you had way back but you would think that you would have notices an alignment problem after the crash. It is interesting to see the gap that has formed between the two pieces after the fracture and with the wheel in place. It suggests that there may have been stresses present within the frame. I wonder if the rear spacing had been re-set at some stage and the dropouts were not re-parallelled? Does the gap close when you remove it from the trainer and take the rear wheel out?
I'm in the 're-braze' and repair it camp. I would get it's alignment checked out though.
So sorry to see one of your pride and joys damaged.
Best wishes, Gary.
I'm in the 're-braze' and repair it camp. I would get it's alignment checked out though.
So sorry to see one of your pride and joys damaged.
Best wishes, Gary.
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bikes where there isn't a lot of overlap between the seat stay and seat tube often have this problem. I have often wondered if some of them have seat stays meant for the next size down frame. This joint isn't heavily loaded, but it gets enough of a load that if the joint is weak and there is an engraved cap it will break eventually.
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BG..a sad event..I have to ask..did you ever get the break fixed?
I have a bike I've ridden for 35+ years..a break like that would break my heart.
I have a bike I've ridden for 35+ years..a break like that would break my heart.
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The heater did it.
Bummer, not the first Bianchi seat stay end I have seen do this.
Don't send it to Cyclart.
Unfortunate, but the cost to replace with a sistership is probably well below the cost to repair/paint.
Bummer, not the first Bianchi seat stay end I have seen do this.
Don't send it to Cyclart.
Unfortunate, but the cost to replace with a sistership is probably well below the cost to repair/paint.
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Sorry for your loss.
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It's a shame that this didn't happen on tour. Everyone knows that steel bikes are easy to repair when touring. When you get home though it is cheaper to throw it away and replace... Strange but true.
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Failure of theses solid end caps isn't all that rare, and is the result of the entire assembly being too stiff, so all the strain of seat stay flex is taken up right at the end of the braze fill to the lug. It's analogous to tube failure right at a weld, and other failures at joints which become the fulcrums of flex members.
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If you bought it new, some bikes have lifetime warranties on the frames. My brother had a Lemond that he bought new and the frame broke after about 20,000 miles of use and Trek replaced it with a brand new frame.
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