after some advise.

Just building a shonk HT for winter and noticed a crack in steerer tube only about 3mm from lower headset cup.

Shall I carry on with the build or is the frame scrap?

can i fix it some how?

Just ride your normal bike in winter like thousands of others?

well, it's not broken yet

ride it bit check it often

coogan – I am going to ride my Scott too but as I had so many spare bits after upgrading it I thought I would build another bike so that I could have options of full suss and HT, plus can put childseat on HT.

timber – fair point, just don't want it to snap on a rocky downhill. but I suppose worst case scenario I need another £40ish frame and some stitches 😉

I presume you mean headtube rather than steerer tube? I wouldn't risk it.

Not sure if the bike will stay in one piece and a child seat? Not sure I would be risking it…

SimonB yes sorry head tube is correct. 😳

Tracker1972 be assured I won't be putting chidseat on back thinking of just scrapping frame as is, but as it's 95% built I may have a soft ride on it and see what happens as junkyard suggests

Pete- I assume it's you. I wouldn't risk it at all. Both of us are big guys, broken bikes can really hurt. 🙁 There are loads of old frames needing a bit of TLC available for you out there in the classifieds if you really want. Just stick an ad. up. Enjoy Machynlleth, I lived there for a while, it is Fabulous. Get ye to Pistyll y Llyn.

yep sure is me Ambrose, wise words, when I saw it I was going to get the angle grinder out and cut it up in frustration 👿

I'll tap you up for some route info soon

Don't risk it – sometimes the smallest accident results in broken limbs… or skulls… or windscreens…

ok you've all convinced me to scrap frame and start again 🙁

have posted in classifieds.

does anyone have a 18/19" frame they can sell to me?

But if the frame has any sentimental value, keep a bit of it. Kim uses various bits of dead P7 as lightpulls and wind chimes.

only had the frame a week so couldn't give a toss, may keep it as a reminder to be more carefull weilding the hammer 😳

steel or ally?

ally Rockhopper WHY?

Steel is reeeeel.. that's why.

It also tends to bend a little bit at a time, rather than failing catastrophically in one sudden go with no warning, like ally.

I think that's what the sttel/ally question was aimed at.

You've been lucky and received a warning. Don't whatever you do use that frame!

I have a super old Scott Expert Racing frame, which is aluminium. It's blue and 2003 I think. Well used, but definitely still good to go if you fancy making an offer.

thanks for all the advise I am going to strip frame and start again.

jcrompton thanks for offering up the Scott I'll bear it in mind.

No problem. If you need pictures and that, email is in profile.

jcromtom ygm no promises

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would you believe it stripped frame down to scrap and thought I wonder if it's just the paint – guess what I was, the scamp, as the frame is a few years old the paint is obviously brittle on exposed edges so when I pressed on the headset it cracked the paint. 🙂

So now have 2 HT frames as bought a 2nd hand one from LBS

Result! So you have a spare one for me?

you div

Ambrose – are you after one?

brakes – yes div sums me up on this one!!

but it did look like a crack and wrongly assumed it was the ally as I had wacked the headset in with my rubber mallet.

Only if you want to swap it for homebrew 🙂

i would ride it