aluminum frame repairs/ frame dents
06-30-10, 01:01 PM
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aluminum frame repairs/ frame dents
so i have 2 small dents on the top tube going to take it to the lbs to check it out if it is safe to ride. but where could i go to repair it? price range?
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Pics would be helpful, but "two small dents on the top tube" doesn't sound like a safety issue. More like an aesthetics thing. Bondo?
06-30-10, 01:10 PM
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Al frames aren't normally repairable. There are lots of Al bikes being ridden with small dents in the top tube.
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Ditto the aethetics.. Aluminum especially thin wall is prone to denting.. no big deal. If you want to get rid of the dents (and again a pic or two would be helpful) you ill most likely just fill them. I like JBWeld epoxy. But any kind of filling will have you take the area down to the metal. Are you willing to sand it down, fill it and then repaint the area? That's really what it is going to take. Otherwise just ride it.
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Ditto the aethetics.. Aluminum especially thin wall is prone to denting.. no big deal. If you want to get rid of the dents (and again a pic or two would be helpful) you ill most likely just fill them. I like JBWeld epoxy. But any kind of filling will have you take the area down to the metal. Are you willing to sand it down, fill it and then repaint the area? That's really what it is going to take. Otherwise just ride it.
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I think you're going to have to try harder than that to make your bike unsafe. Ride it, don't sweat it.
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The pic won't come up. This would be purely for covering up the dent. No this would not affect structural integrity.
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I can hardly see the dents so I would say that there is nothing here that would affect your riding at all.. One of my Cannondale frame had a tire rub through the chainstay. I still do not know how someone could have ridden a bike with the tire rubbing on the chainstay.. Anyway, the rub was enough that it went THROUGH the aluminum and made a hole. I epoxied it up with JB Weld and it's one of my favorite rides... You're really going to have to hurt this bad (especially the top tube) in order for the frame to fail in any way.
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dented aluminum tubes are very common, especially on mountian bikes. unless it is a massive crease or crack, ride it!
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thanks for the replies, i just got back from a night ride to the beach and looped back to my house, short 20 mile ride and all felt great.
07-01-10, 08:26 AM
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I bought a used Cannondale with much larger dings than that. Been riding it for over 2 years and no problems.
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