Re: [CR] Dented frames - other tubes salvageable?

(Example: Production Builders:Frejus)

Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 08:39:02 -0500
From: "John Thompson" <johndthompson@gmail.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: Classicrendezvous Rendezvous <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR] Dented frames - other tubes salvageable?


On 09/06/2009 06:22 PM, Steve Valladolid wrote:
> I was given a 58 cm Austro Daimler AD-10 frame with very beat up paint and a
> nice sized ding in the top tube. The rest of the tubes are fine. It is
> probably still rideable but it would make me think twice since I'm no
> lightweight. I know that tubes are replaceable on repair jobs but I really
> have no interest in going that route since it is too big for me anyway. I
> got to thinking about whether anyone ever do the reverse of a tube
> replacement and instead removes the serviceable tubes, strips them and
> reuses them?

Sounds like too much work. Fill the dent with lead solder, repaint, and enjoy.

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