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Top tube frame damage- Is it a write off?

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  • #2
    Schorpio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭Schorpio


    Zero chance I would ride that. That's severe damage - the shape of the cross-section matters in terms of strength/rigidity, and the cross-section is completely deformed. Alu also doesn't have a fatigue limit (unlike steel) so I reckon it would be very hard to repair that.



  • #3
    fat bloke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,080 ✭✭✭fat bloke


    Sorry, I just burst out laughing when I saw the pic 😂.

    So yeah, that's a hard no from me as well.



  • #4
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,544 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    that's quite some damage - what happened to it?

    you might be able to get a cheap frame on adverts and swap the parts across.



  • #5
    ARX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 685 ✭✭✭ARX


    The top tube is under compression (the ends want to meet each other) so that could fold if you hit a pothole or at any time, really. Don't bother trying to get it repaired. Don't ride it - in fact saw it in half so nobody else ever rides it.



  • #6
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,049 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    …if you want to experience a good death, go for it!



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  • #7
    CantGetNoSleep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,337 ✭✭✭CantGetNoSleep


    I was expecting a small dent when I opened the photos, but jesus



  • #8
    07Lapierre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,403 ✭✭✭07Lapierre


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123291892#Comment_123291892

    Attempted theft damage i'd say.



  • #9
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,544 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    that was my first thought too.



  • #10
    billyhead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,693 ✭✭✭✭billyhead


    Cheers all. The bike was abandoned at Heuston station. A relative of mine works for Irish rail their and was about to dump it out.



  • #11
    kenmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,283 ✭✭✭kenmc


    let them



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  • #12
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,094 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123292773#Comment_123292773

    I was expecting a small hairline crack or something similar.



  • #13
    John_Rambo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,466 ✭✭✭✭John_Rambo


    I'd be nervous of death or worse, a pinched scrotum.



  • #14
    Acquiescence
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 207 ✭✭Acquiescence


    This deserves to be stickied for posterity.

    11/10



  • #15
    Quigs Snr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,209 ✭✭✭Quigs Snr


    Screenshot 2025-03-25 at 15.43.16.png

    That could be tapped out. Just a little tap here and there.



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