is that a built in pin to lock the seat stem? how old is this frame? that’s a crack. wouldn’t ride. will let someone else confirm write off
MinuteSure5229 on
It’s steel so you just need to scrape the area back to see if it’s just a capillary action of rust and moisture
Once you confirm that it’s not a crack and this is ‘just steel things’ use a similar or contrasting nail varnish to touch up.
nattyd on
I find it difficult to tell if that’s a crack or a paint scratch. Is that nut pressed in, or can it be removed to show the bare metal substrate?
Fun-Description-9985 on
I’d say definitely cracked. It extends from inside the bolt hole. Being a lug, you could get it replaced any competent frame builder.
HelioSeven on
Only way to tell is to remove the seatpost binder and get a better look under the binder nut. Looks like a paint scratch to me, but you definitely want to check because a crack there would be bad news.
nateknutson on
It’s a crack. It’s dangerous to ride. It’s repairable because steel frames are repairable. It’s an involved repair, but the details and cost-effectiveness will be up to the framebuiler doing it, as well as your finish choices. You value the NJS factor so your question is actually about whether it will still be NJS if it’s repaired at all and/or if it’s a non-NJS builder that does it. I don’t know the rules on either but doing this is pretty much going to involve reworking the seat cluster and probably replacing the nds seatstay, and possibly both seatstays depending on what you go for in terms of cosmetic matching, so at that point there are obviously more hands involved than the original builder so I don’t see where it would be NJS anymore unless the repairer also was. (I tried looking for English language text on this but couldn’t find anything).
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is that a built in pin to lock the seat stem? how old is this frame? that’s a crack. wouldn’t ride. will let someone else confirm write off
It’s steel so you just need to scrape the area back to see if it’s just a capillary action of rust and moisture
Once you confirm that it’s not a crack and this is ‘just steel things’ use a similar or contrasting nail varnish to touch up.
I find it difficult to tell if that’s a crack or a paint scratch. Is that nut pressed in, or can it be removed to show the bare metal substrate?
I’d say definitely cracked. It extends from inside the bolt hole. Being a lug, you could get it replaced any competent frame builder.
Only way to tell is to remove the seatpost binder and get a better look under the binder nut. Looks like a paint scratch to me, but you definitely want to check because a crack there would be bad news.
It’s a crack. It’s dangerous to ride. It’s repairable because steel frames are repairable. It’s an involved repair, but the details and cost-effectiveness will be up to the framebuiler doing it, as well as your finish choices. You value the NJS factor so your question is actually about whether it will still be NJS if it’s repaired at all and/or if it’s a non-NJS builder that does it. I don’t know the rules on either but doing this is pretty much going to involve reworking the seat cluster and probably replacing the nds seatstay, and possibly both seatstays depending on what you go for in terms of cosmetic matching, so at that point there are obviously more hands involved than the original builder so I don’t see where it would be NJS anymore unless the repairer also was. (I tried looking for English language text on this but couldn’t find anything).