Got a small dent on my seat tube and I was wondering if there is any way to remove it. The frame is steel so I’m not to worried about frame being compromised it’s just annoying to look at.
by Melodic_Theme7364
Got a small dent on my seat tube and I was wondering if there is any way to remove it. The frame is steel so I’m not to worried about frame being compromised it’s just annoying to look at.
by Melodic_Theme7364
16 Comments
That’s not something that’s possible. A dent that minor in that location I wouldn’t worry too much about. Any repair would involve cutting out part or the entire tube.
It’s at the spot where I store my chainlock. Camouflage baby 😉
If it really bothers you you could try using a PDR (paintless dent removal, a car thing) tool or just a long screw-driver and gently, methodically working out the dent from within the seat tube.
You’ll never completely get rid of it, but you can vastly reduce it. I’d hammer in a slightly undersized seatpost with a rounded end, then the correct sized post again with a rounded end. This works well and is cheap. You can also reduce dents like this by using a quill stem, an 1 1/8″ quill stem with a 25.4mm shank will work for a 27.2mm post, it’d probably work best with half a 25.4-27.2mm shim behind the non-dent side of the quill
Just get a tiny suction cup and it’ll pop right back into place.
Which model of Kona is that?
Does not look that far down. Buy the right size seat post that is steel on Amazon making sure it is long enough.
Lube it up like you are in prison then tap it in. Make sure the end is smooth.
I would ignore it
Mate I work in a body shop and you ain’t fixing that haha it’s only superficial though and won’t cause any problems
If you’re spending time looking at a dent on your bike, it means you aren’t riding enough.
Being that small and flat – you may luck out VERY GENTLY tapping on the sides of the dent with a rubber mallet. The paint’s intact, and likely fragile af so personally – I’d leave it alone. Any further manipulation will not improve its strength, and cosmetically, even if you get some improvement in the form, it’ll likely come at the expense of the finish. It’ll never look right, just slightly improved.
Get a couple tubing blocks into a vise should pop right out
Leave it as a battle scar. Better yet, embrace it with a Hello Kitty band aid.
If it doesn’t interfere with the seatpost, leave it. Absolutely no reason to mess with it, steel is real and you might mess up your paint job.
Got any good stickers?
Long, cheap seatpost of the correct diameter, and a dead blow mallet. Insert seatpost in seat tube, push it down to the dent, hit the top with the dead blow mallet until you force the dent out.
You will end up causing more harm than good trying to repair it. Your bike now has more character and you no longer have to worry about it getting its first dent.