aluminum welds...
10-17-05 | 06:18 PM
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aluminum welds...
so i recently bought a frame on ebay being sold by a guitar shop. it hasnt arrived yet. they listed it as aluminum but the welds look way too clean to be aluminum. im wondering, should i assume the people listing it had no clue and that ive got a steel frame coming my way (im hoping this is the case)? landsharks site makes it seem like they shy away from aluminum and only deal in carbon and steel. pic attached
10-17-05 | 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by your_mother
so i recently bought a frame on ebay being sold by a guitar shop. it hasnt arrived yet. they listed it as aluminum but the welds look way too clean to be aluminum. im wondering, should i assume the people listing it had no clue and that ive got a steel frame coming my way (im hoping this is the case)? landsharks site makes it seem like they shy away from aluminum and only deal in carbon and steel. pic attached
you bought a LANDSHARK!!!!
Those things are HOTTTT.
He's got this propensity for making wheel-lickers that I'm not too into, but I think some of his paintjobs are mindblowing.
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10-17-05 | 06:45 PM
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That's gonna be a hot bike. FWIW, though, aluminum frames can look like that, too. My Basso's tubes flow together absurdly smoothly.
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10-17-05 | 06:47 PM
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I am pretty sure that it is steel. You usually see aluminum frames with a seat tube collar separate from the frame or reinforced edge if the clamping screw goes through the frame material itself. Of course, I could be completely wrong.
(pm me if you do)
10-18-05 | 08:03 PM
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how much did you pay for it?
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10-18-05 | 09:31 PM
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Ha. I read this thread and then just now I saw a that there was a Landshark on Craig's List and I was thinking to myself, "Self, that's a damn coincidence. Looky here, someone's selling a Landshark just as someone else was talking about how they just bought one."
Riiiiight.
Riiiiight.
10-19-05 | 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Fugazi Dave
That's gonna be a hot bike. FWIW, though, aluminum frames can look like that, too. My Basso's tubes flow together absurdly smoothly.
10-19-05 | 07:11 PM
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ok. yeah its columbus max. 55cm top tube c-t-c. seat tube 52 c-t-c/55 c-t-t. im going to get rid of it. PM me offfers or look for it comin back on ebay although id like to sell it here in boston to keep it in the family and see it in action downtown cya
