Rich":338njp9u said:Wow, just seen this one, great thread, and even better that it was successfully repaired!!
Reminds me of my damaged frame, repaired three years ago and still going strong
Rich
I used an angle grinder with a solid grinding wheel to shape but couldn't fit a jubilee clip to use as a guide as the top tube is in the way. Yeah it's not perfectly straight but it'll do for me02gf74":3015miev said:
wow - that cam out surprsingly well:
did you grind that all by hand? could you have fitted a jubilee clip to act as a guide to get the edge perfectly striaght?
Thanks for the kind words That first moment when I picked up the angle grinder and turned to my mate and said 'Right, I'm going in' was a heart in mouth moment I can tell you, but slowly-slowly-catchy-monkey proved to be the best plan of attack, probably took me about 4 hours all in all and many tea breaks to build up courage after each grinding sessionfun at fiftyish":ocbuhmr4 said:Hi ,I have spent thousands of hours dressing welds,at work,and realise just how difficult it is to get it right using a grinder freehand.That is bloody fantastic!.I admire your determination and attention to detail,not easy to get it right.I love the bike and can appreciate how gutted you must have felt ,after owning for so long to discover the crack,I can also be like a dog with a bone at times,my non bike mates tell me "It's just a bike",,But we know better...Top marks dude!
Mark.