Re: [CR]Frame Repair/downtube & top tube replacement.....?s

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing:Falck)

Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 13:21:01 -0500
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Frame Repair/downtube & top tube replacement.....?s
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oroboyz@aol.com wrote:
> Steve, that reminds me that you CAN get away with amazing stuff with
> steel frames.
> A former shop employee of mine & racer girl (Vikki Coffey as many of
> you NC boys will remember.. fast rider, gorgeous and smart) endo-ed her
> DeRosa and Ijacked it back out... she rode it another year and sold it
> to Rick Dedman in Southern Pines (an attorney no less!) who rode it
> another 5 or 6 years! Astounding!

Some steel frames, anyway. I wouldn't try that with a 753 frame!

We had more than a couple crashed 753 frames returned to us at Trek; we'd just build a new frame as a replacement. Reynolds did not recommend cold-setting 753, so we decided to see what would happen using these damaged frames as crash-test dummies. Executive summary: Reynolds wasn't kidding. Rather than taking a cold set, 753 resists completely until a critical threshold, then fails completely.

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John (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA