Vernon Barker Cycles - a menace with a welder

[ferrus]

To be fair, an ugly looking weld is no indication of its integrity. Look at Charlie Cunningham’s work - hardly pretty but I think he knew what he was doing!

 

[d8mok]

To be fair, an ugly looking weld is no indication of its integrity. Look at Charlie Cunningham’s work, hardly pretty but I think he knew what he was doing!

I agree. But who wants an ugly weld when it’s possible to have a nice looking one that does the same job.

 

[ferrus]

Well if it came on a Cunningham…
But, yeah I do agree. I’m an absolute sucker for neat welding.

 

[Vernon Barker Cycles]

Thankyou.

 

[Vernon Barker Cycles]

I agree. But who wants an ugly weld when it’s possible to have a nice looking one that does the same job.

The idea is to add as much weld as possible to add strength (given that there has already been a failure). Tricky to do that and make it look tidy.

 

[fettler]

Do any first line titanium frame manufacturing companies actually invisibly repair any warranty claims?

 

[Vernon Barker Cycles]

Not that I am aware of.

 

[d8mok]

If I cracked my enigma , and it was repaired by enigma looking anything like that I’d not be a happy bunny.

However I’ve seen repaired frames from enigma and they do a good job.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Can't say I'm ever likely to visit Vernon Barker Cycles because it's so far away from me and, frankly, Sheffield isn't much of an attraction. However, I quite like the look of this:
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Sheffield is a great place. Steeped in history.

 

[greencat]

Think what some are missing with VB is choice/trade off. VB are quick and relatively cheap. I had a bike repair turned around in a week for around £60 - and neither repair failed. I'll take less than pretty if the price & speed is good.

Some of the other frame repairing names either didn't get back to me at all/after wanting a pic of the crack or suggested it would take months.