Re: [CR]Frame integrity

(Example: Framebuilders:Bernard Carré)

From: <"richardsachs@juno.com">
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 16:20:47 GMT
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Frame integrity



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-- Peter Jon White wrote:


"When I get fork blades from True Temper or whomever, they come straight. They have to be bent to offset the dropouts. The amount that chainstays and seat stays need to bend in order to move the dropouts 5mm is far less than fork blades are bent to get 40mm of rake in the fork. In short, it's harmless..."

i feel differently. fork blades are designed in guage, taper, and overall length to be bent. chainstays are not. also, the original question is rooted in taking a finished "unit" and bending it. fork blades are typically bent as blades and matched in pairs to create the "unit". if you took an older chainstay and "s-ed" them as modern chainstays are supplied, that would be a different story. (i told the original pos-er offlist that...) i would steer clear of the re-worked vintage frame that this thread centers around (...unless the bridges were removed first, the frame spread, and the bridges replaced a 'la brian-issimo's post).
e-RICHIE
chester, ct