chickendrumsticks
Senior Retro Guru
Woman desperately reaches for wheel:
"I'll take that, you won't be needing it now."
Woman desperately reaches for wheel:
This 2002 Cannondale CAAD5 came across my bench recently.
Fantastically light (1400g for a 58cm road frame), but no wonder it cracked:
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Really poor dropout design. Stamped from 1/4" plate, sharp edges with a major x-section change and hardly any vertical thickness. That short section, only 60mm², has to take all the stress and strain when welded to those stiff, fat, round chainstays.
If only they'd stuck with the simpler dropout from the CAAD3 series and not been tempted to save around 3g of aluminium
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For the repair, I made up a plug for the cutout, U-cut the crack, Welded up, filed to surface, and back on the road.
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All the best,
It's ok if you add the extra strength needed...Litespeed road bike. Seem to remember a while back this integrated headtube design was not a good idea.
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Odd failure in stereo; probably a manufacturing fault / abuse . Underside of chainstays where they are crimped for tyre clearance.
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They may have been riding gravel. Not wise on an 'old' titanium frame.Not mine. Found when surfing.
Litespeed road bike. Seem to remember a while back this integrated headtube design was not a good idea.
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Odd failure in stereo; probably a manufacturing fault / abuse . Underside of chainstays where they are crimped for tyre clearance.
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