Headtube cracks

[FMJ]

The issue with that frame is not the risk of the head tube breaking off, it's there is no longer any pressure holding the cup. Its "sprung". Put the bike on the wall.

All metals are subject to fatigue failure. Aluminum has the lowest threshold for fatigue damage of materials used to make frames.

I get that but the cups are still held in really firmly :?

Why am I not surprised?

 

[marin man]

Yep wall hanger it is then......

 

[mikeekim89]

you can have the **** thing if you want it,,,, :x :x and :x

I'll have it.

What is it anyway? Surely something can be done.

 

[letmetalktomark]

Surely something can be done.

Yes you could ride it an break some teeth :roll: :roll:

 

[marin man]

mikeekim is still on his milk teeth anyway so they would grow back

 

[mikeekim89]

mikeekim is still on his milk teeth anyway so they would grow back

I'll give you that one dwarf boy.

 

[marin man]

 

[Russell]

If FTW tells you to put your frame on the wall.... you put your frame on the wall.

Love this site sometimes.

 

[marin man]

I will give it to someone I dont like much......

Give me your address then fmj

 

[WD Pro]

After seeing what the first stage of anodising did to some old ally bike parts :shock: I decided that old ally bars and posts wouldn't be going on any of my builds :-(

The ano guy said it was typical of parts that had been subject to salt attack - even though they polished up nice and looked OK before the process. I guess it's the price we pay for using them on the roads in winter when they have been gritted :-( even USE ano posts had sufferd a little - in a line down the back where the ano gets scuffed and dirt / salt gets to them from the seat tube split :-(

Old ally frames should be checked properly and treated / maintained carefully ...

WD