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  • alu frame welding aviemore/inverness
  • willv
    Full Member

    Nephew has cracked seatstay on his bike and we have a week of hols left. Anyone know anywhere we could try for a repair ?
    Bothy bikes didn’t know

    andysredmini
    Free Member

    Just be careful as welding can affect the frames heat treating making it weaker locally. I looked at getting an anthem frame fixed but gave up as the walls are wafer thin where the crack was and it was right next to a weld.
    It’s certainly possible to fix them though if someone knows what they are doing. I believe the correct way is re heat treating after welding but this can be expensive and you may have alignment issues due to the heat distorting the frame.
    I have a mate who always buys cracked frames and gets them bodge welded. Sometimes they last other times they fail. He just buys another for much cheapness and repeats.

    dovebiker
    Full Member

    Thin-walled tubing is easy to blow-holes and many aluminium alloy frames are heat treated – heat from welding changes metallurgical properties which means it’s not ideal.

    trail_rat
    Free Member

    fwiw – if bothy didnt know if it existed in the local area – it probably doesnt exist. – pretty sure Gordy would give it a good shot though 😀

    Hire a bike from bothy for the remainder of the trip ?

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