I'm with the boys who say back off on the pressure, and quit playing crock pot. Other than esthetics, if its just dented and not kinked or creased you can probably ride it for 20 years. One of the bikes I raced on was a Rabeneick track machine with the old Columbus Falck double butted tubing. I had it over 5 years after taking several interesting spills. Both the top and down tubes had dents about an 1"+ by about 1/2" plus. I used the bike on road and track, lots of handicap and team races, as well as in two 6-day races on steep board tracks. The tubes were straight although dented but it didn't mean jack. The bike rode as if nothing ever happened. So please get over it! If you don't like the dent, silver it in, or put in a new tube and repaint the damn thing. Don't make your significant other a widow(er) unless you take out a 10 million dollar deliberate accidental death policy in their name. Ted Ernst Palos Verdes Estates,CA
> I'm with Ray on this. I think you're heading into *very* dangerous
> territory
> with the kind of pressures you're talking about.
>
> I would urge anyone not to do this. Even if someone tried it and it
> succeeded, the fact remains that all you need is one tiny slip up and,
> depending on the failure mode, you've got:
>
> a) a bomb.
> b) a projectile
> c) a cutting blade (Ray was dead on when he talked about the cutting
> ability
> of high pressure hydraulics.
>
> Living with a dent is a lot easier than living with the damage possible if
> this fails. Seriously, someone could get killed. Decorate the dent.
> Celebrate the dent. Whatever. Just don't get hurt trying to fix it.
>
> Bob Cauthorn
> San Francisco, CA
> USA
>
> Ray Homiski wrote:
>
>>
>> I have experience with hydraulic line pressures up to 10,000 PSI and
>> one thing for sure is that you are in dangerous territory for an
>> amatuer rig. <snip remainder>