That sounds dumb because my bike is a weirdo component expensive singlespeed bike and I'd never get my money back.a game of hot potato, sell it to the next guy before the timer runs out 🤣
But...in this market...
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That sounds dumb because my bike is a weirdo component expensive singlespeed bike and I'd never get my money back.a game of hot potato, sell it to the next guy before the timer runs out 🤣
If it's going to become a paperweight, I'll take it.
My dad is a welder and I've had him fix some aluminum bikes, but it just puts off buying a new bike for a bit longer. If it's not heat treated properly after, it weakens the metal around it or something and they both cracked about a year or less later, close to the repairs.
its probably easier to sell as a whole bike, but its only the frame thats the timebomb, strip it down and off it goes. . . dont we have a collector on the board?That sounds dumb because my bike is a weirdo component expensive singlespeed bike and I'd never get my money back.
But...in this market...
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My extensive knowledge in welding chromoly bike frames (about 2 minutes on the internet) seems to point to the possibility that stress relief could be done heating just the area local to the welding using temperature crayon...there's one guy on the FB Salsa El Mariachi group that seems to have good results fixing this specific type of crack, link to the post with several pictures below (it's private group, so the link requires that you belong to it in order to view the post).correct, you need to stress relieve the weld area in order to restore its ductility. The weld process heat treats the material into a harder state which also embrittles it, and leads to a reduction in overall strength. It can be heat treated to stress relieve and restore the properties to some extend, but its not a cheap or quick process and most small weld shops dont have the furnace to do it.
its probably easier to sell as a whole bike, but its only the frame thats the timebomb, strip it down and off it goes. . . dont we have a collector on the board?
It’s just a salsa, nbdI feel like my El Mariachi is a ticking time bomb.
I don't even care about the frame. It's dealing with WTF do I replace it with, that would take all my old components?It’s just a salsa, nbd
You could probably get $1000 for it no capI don't even care about the frame. It's dealing with WTF do I replace it with, that would take all my old components?
Maybe I should sell it. Damn you people.
FTFYYou could probably get $1000, if I sold it, no cap
He’s right you knowFTFY
The seat stays went 1000 miles later. Hanging in my garage now. I think that frame had well over 10k miles by the time I hung it.I repaired @Johnny Utah ’s El Mar. Not sure what happened to it. But they mostly break in the same area so it’s a design flaw. If you don’tbreinforce that area it’s bound to crack again in the same spot.
As @Dave Taylor noted, he repaired mine in the same spot. Worked great!Well....I guess my Covid weight loss didn't happen quick enough.
After a thorough breakdown/cleaning/re-greasing of my beloved El Mariachi, it looks as if I have a crack in the drive side chain stay.
Anyone have any experience working with a bike builder that repairs steel frames that you would recommend?
Oh whew. My problem is solved.The seat stays went 1000 miles later. Hanging in my garage now. I think that frame had well over 10k miles by the time I hung it.
Bilenky will fix it. Steve just did a Colnago for a us about a month ago.
Isnt that what the frame costs new?Nice guy and responded very quickly. He quoted $1,000.00 to fix it with new chainstays and paint. I'm checking to see what his cost to just address the crack and weld supports in both chainstays.
It's what my complete El Mariachi cost new.Isnt that what the frame costs new?
Nice guy and responded very quickly. He quoted $1,000.00 to fix it with new chainstays and paint. I'm checking to see what his cost to just address the crack and weld supports in both chainstays.