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    Am I cooked?

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    4. TheMelancholyManatee on

      ~~are your teeth worth more than 80 euros? if no, ride it until ???
      if yes, enjoy your new 80 euro wall art~~

      Edit: didn’t realize it was steel. send it boi

    5. Zealousideal-Ad5266 on

      I see no rust I put mineral oil from Japan on all my bikes wounds and nothing has rusted so far

    6. BohlOfPizza on

      I’m not worried about the the bare metal – this post is about the dent (hard to see). First picture depicts the dent the best

    8. Familiar_Hippo_1160 on

      It really depends on what you want to get out of it. Do you rally your bikes? If yes, early retirement. If you go on leisurely slow bike rides than you might be good. Or you can use this as a beater flat land frame and start learning some flatland tricks to impress the hotties.. or your partner.. ultimately you might want to reach out to a reputable bike shop that has a bunch of experience and see what they say.. when a frame fails it happens pretty quick and could cost you.

    9. Mihsan on

      Might fail at any moment, might ride for decades. Nobody knows.

      As a general rule of thumb – it is better to avoid damaged frames. I would not ride this one.

    10. Potato-Vegetable on

      Well…maybe put something to seal the steel from weathering, and then make sure you look at it periodically…will it crack? Maybe! Will you hear creaking? Maybe! If you brought it into a shop would they say don’t ride it? Maybe! Would I ride it? Totally.

    11. RestfulCherub on

      Like others have said, you can probably rip it until it dies but “keep an eye on it” is kinda not great advice. When frames fail, they often fail all at once, but it really is a game of chance.

      I’d look in to having it repaired before doing much more riding, or retire it. Replacing a frame is a lot less hassle than fixing bones.

    12. Any-Cell-6956 on

      You can just keep an eye on it. It is a relatively low stress area of the tube. If it fails, it will start a crack at the dent first. If it were my bike I would fill the dent with silver.

    13. velo_dude on

      Mid-tube dents don’t compromise steel frames. I’ve seen tube dents in a lot of steel bikes, many worse than this. They were not compromised for riding. The dents looked bad, but they didn’t pose a risk to the rider.

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