Top tube frame damage- Is it a write off?

billyhead · 24-03-2025 10:06AM #1

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Is this frame still usable.l? It's aluminium. I was planning to use it for a short commute each way of 2.5km on a flat route.

Schorpio · 24-03-2025 10:23AM

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.

fat bloke · 24-03-2025 10:29AM

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

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

magicbastarder · 24-03-2025 10:31AM

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.

ARX · 24-03-2025 01:16PM

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.