so i was hacksawing the frame shifter mounts off a fram for my gf. i cut it too close and when i went to knock off the last little bit with a hammer and chisel it peeled a little hole in the tube. i knocked the flap back in place, but there is still about a 2 mm rip in the tube. i tried flexing it as hard as i could and it doesn't seem to hurt the integrity, but i am still worried that actually riding forces will be much more than i can replicate with my hands and feet. She weighs maybe 110 and doesn't ride that hard, she will rock a brake on it, wont be hopping curbs at speed or sprinting, but is this still a problem? its a steel frame, double butted. if it is a significant problem can it be fixed?

You might want to post in the frame builders forum along with a pic. You will get much better answers there.

if you do that, don't tell them how it happened

Or just post a picture here so we can see...just for kicks.

Take the frame to a muffler shop and get them to patch the hole with a weld. Then FILE it down, put away the saw.

Heheh, this reply killed me, thanks.


In the future, use a blowtorch to heat up the braze-ons and they just pop off.

[QUOTE=jet sanchEz;6731355]Heheh, this reply killed me, thanks.


+1 and still laughing.

To the OP...tell them you forgot to unscrew the shifters when you were prying them off.

tell them you got the frame for free in that condition. I'd just buy a pack of big league chew and stick it in your hole...

god. shoot me now.

"It ran into a doorknob, I swear!"

We need to know kind of frame you ripped a hole in. I hope it said Hetchens, Paramount, Pinarello or something like that.

im down to see a pic

wat material is the frame?

and dont feel bad, we have all done something equally stupid in our bike careers (at least i know i have)

So says the OP...

my bad...i missed it, it happens