Crack of Doom - Part VI

[fuzzy]

Use this as an opportunity to convert to belt drive?

[LEE]

if the same frame has broken 3 times (in the same place?) then I don't hold much trust in their frame builder.

Different place each time.  Chesterfield, St.Albans and Morrisons car park.

[Torslanda]

Use this as an opportunity to convert to belt drive?

Fuzzy. You're a bloody genius! 

[fuzzy]

Use this as an opportunity to convert to belt drive?

Fuzzy. You're a bloody genius! 

Eyethangyew.

[mcshroom]

Well it was welded back together, but today the repair has also cracked. End of frame



It's a shame, I liked that bike. I'm guessing it probably wasn't built to cope with someone my size

RIP

[hubner]

My guess it was originally a fatigue crack.

Was the repair done by brazing with brass or was it welded? Maybe the joint wasn't cleaned properly or wasn't a good fit.

I think it would have been better to replace the dropout.

[Blodwyn Pig]

Why not have it repaired if you like it that much. A new dropout, and a new o/s chain stay , should cost you not much more than your taxi home.

[LittleSkink]

a dropout replacement would be a decently reliable repair - but maybe not *that* cheap

[mcshroom]

That's the problem really. I've just bought a younger version of the same frame for £60. A new set of drop outs would be about twice that according to the sites I found online.

Hopefully this should be a straight frame swap.