Sadly, I cannot bring myself to spend the money to repair this gorgeous frame. It is a 53cm (20.5") old school beauty with a one inch HT built out of Columbus Max OR tubing. Serotta, as many of you know, is considered the pinnacle of American framebuilders; this frame was a beautiful example of early 90's craftsmanship.
The frame has many small holes in the chainstays and a spot of rust forming at the weld joining the seat tube to the BB shell. I have discussed it with an EXPERT framebuilder who said it could definitely be repaired, but was not worth the cost unless it was my dream (it isn't).
Creative welders could possibly weld a reinformcing sleeve onto each of the chainstays and that would give it some life. To be honest, I think it could be ridden for a while (as pimped winter beater) but no guarantees, of course.
Photos on demand. Oh yeah - the price? Zero dollars / GBP / Euros / Whatever... if you pay the shipping, you can have it to experiment on the frame, hang it on the wall or give it to your sweeheart for Christmas!!!
Any questions, let me know...
The frame has many small holes in the chainstays and a spot of rust forming at the weld joining the seat tube to the BB shell. I have discussed it with an EXPERT framebuilder who said it could definitely be repaired, but was not worth the cost unless it was my dream (it isn't).
Creative welders could possibly weld a reinformcing sleeve onto each of the chainstays and that would give it some life. To be honest, I think it could be ridden for a while (as pimped winter beater) but no guarantees, of course.
Photos on demand. Oh yeah - the price? Zero dollars / GBP / Euros / Whatever... if you pay the shipping, you can have it to experiment on the frame, hang it on the wall or give it to your sweeheart for Christmas!!!
Any questions, let me know...