So first of all I have no idea how this happend.
I left the bike over night locked on a bike stand on the street.
When I left it it was in perfect shape.
I cannot fathom HOW somebody did this, or WHY. Any theories?
I tried to bend it back by hand. No chance. So somebody had to be angry as hell.
I thought maybe a car drove against it, but the wheels or anything else are not damaged at all.
The other bikes at the bike stand seemed to be ok as well.
I am angry and sad. I found the bike abandoned a few years back in a cellar. It stood there for 20 years.
I got it for free and fixed it up.
There was never a financial incentive for it at all. The bike was never worth that much and I invested only time.
A lot of it at that. I respoked the shitty wheels, because I wanted to keep the originals. I restored all the shitty mechanics, just because I wanted to save the history. I got attached to the bike.
Now it seems it was all for nothing.
It is toast.
Miraculously it still rides perfectly fine. And i still ride it because I cannot let go, even though I know it's sketchy as hell.
Is there any chance to save it without sending it to an expensive frame builder?
Is there anything I can do?
by domteh
11 Comments
Its just waiting to fold in half when hitting a bump
The dent looks really bad, you could possibly save it by cutting out the dent and welding in replacement tubing, bending back is probably going to cause too much stress on the frame
someone tried to steal it by levering the frame against the lock. She’s a goner.
Damn, this is sad
Pooched Puch.
Replacing tubes, realigning the frame and repainting is what you’re looking at. That sounds an awful lot like buying a new frame.
Sorry to say, but photos 2-4 show that the tube is damaged beyond repair. It needs to be completely replaced. The rest of the frame will need to be realigned. The cost and effort is probably not worth it for this frame.
Bin it.
😢 that frame is bound for the scrap-metal yard. If you work on bikes you can save the wheels, cranks, shifters, brakes, fork, all that stuff.
Don’t ride that thing.
At Bikes for the World, that’d be stripped for the parts, which would be shipped to a variety of local sites in the third word. The parts are welcomed!
Also neue Rahmen gibt es zu hauf. Schnapp dir n schrottrad wo alles am Arsch ist und mach es nackig und dann machst du die Teile rüber. Vllt findest du sogar ein Puch.
you’d be surprised how much abuse that frame can probably still take, but as others have noted, it’s never gonna be right – and if any of those bends fail catastrophically, you may never walk again – or worse… so ya, depending on how much feeling and using anything below your neck is worth to you – it’s donezo 🙁