Flandria
Retro Guru
Hello all,
Picked up a lovely professional Flandria frame today with a full Nuovo Record group. Frame is made of Ishiwata 022 tubing and has Campagnolo dropouts. It has been badly repainted and got some new, incorrect decals.
By closer inspection of the frame, I discovered frame damage from a frontal collision. As you can see in the pictures, the top- and downtube are slightly bend. There is a small bulge on the downtube...
Now, the questions:
-Does this renders my frame 'dead'? Or can I just carry on with it without worrying to much?
-Is this repearable by a framebuilder? And if so, is this a complex proces?
If it is repearable without too much hassle, I'm thinking about getting it professionaly repainted. If not, .... well, that would suck
Picked up a lovely professional Flandria frame today with a full Nuovo Record group. Frame is made of Ishiwata 022 tubing and has Campagnolo dropouts. It has been badly repainted and got some new, incorrect decals.
By closer inspection of the frame, I discovered frame damage from a frontal collision. As you can see in the pictures, the top- and downtube are slightly bend. There is a small bulge on the downtube...
Now, the questions:
-Does this renders my frame 'dead'? Or can I just carry on with it without worrying to much?
-Is this repearable by a framebuilder? And if so, is this a complex proces?
If it is repearable without too much hassle, I'm thinking about getting it professionaly repainted. If not, .... well, that would suck