was cleaning my cannondale prophet the other day and noticed a dent just above the bottom bracket underneath, looks like a lose rock has hit it, its about thumb size but no signs of cracks just a few scratches , will it be ok or is it a serious issue?
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Dent in my frame?
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Posted 1 year ago #
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First of all well done! Seriously you've obviously been canning it. It's quite normal and won't be a problem. I managed to do the same thing to my DH bike and actually dented the weld itself on the BB. I spoke with the manufacturer (actually the owner of the company!) and he said it would be fine. Hope that puts your mind at rest.
Posted 1 year ago # -
lol ok, i mean its something or nothing was just making sure
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I'm sure the bike will be fine. My bike was attacked by a stray rock 3 years ago which resulted in an almost identical (thumb print sized dint just above BB) damage. I also was a little concerned but contacted the manufacturer, sent photos and they said there's nothing to worry about. Worry over.
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Personally there are usually two things that go through my mind when this happens. The first is 'awesome potential excuse for a new frame' and the second is a deep sense of satisfaction that I'm actually using it for what it was designed for :o)
I was never more excited than when I cracked the main triangle on the 2005 Spesh Enduro especially as Spesh said that they didn't have a single example of that ever happening before.
Of course most likely it was just due to my mass rather than my gnarr factor!
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I've done that on a couple of bikes and on one frame more than once, didn't even consider it could be a problem. The frames still not snapped 10 years later.
Posted 1 year ago # -
probably wont be able to get a new frame out of it as it was my fault lol
Posted 1 year ago # -
I am not alone in loving the noise of rocks bouncing off my down tube then?
Gives real satisfaction that you are using the bike for what it was build for.
Posted 1 year ago #
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