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  • i may have inadvertently killed a baby pig!
  • anotherstan
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    anyone know whether this is likley to lead to catastrophic failure?
    it’s on the top tube of my piglet (which i’ve only owned for a couple of weeks!) approx 8″ from the head tube.
    ok? …or requires attention from a frame repair company?

    emailed ragley twice during the week without reply 🙄

    Northwind
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    I’d just ride it- graffitti and all. But then I have pretty bad teeth and I wouldn’t be too gutted to lose some.

    iain1775
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    its steel
    steel bends, it doesnt fail catastrophicaly
    it’ll be fine for another x years (I have an old Raleigh frame hats had a similar sized dent in a similar place for nearly 20 years, my dad still rides it off road)

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    singlecrack
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    Hmmm not sure I would …..looks like it’s not for from folding ….but it’s steel so may give you some warning before hand

    TubsRacing
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    I did the same to an aluminium Klein and the consensus of the different shops I took it round for a range of opinions was that if it wasn’t pierced it should be okay, but to obviously check regularly and re assess if paint started flaking off. The old girl still rides fine now

    globalti
    Free Member

    It’s not much different from those spoon-shaped indents that you sometimes find on the insides of steel chainstays to create space for the tyre. They don’t fail because there are no stress risers and that looks like a pretty smooth dent in a much less stressed area than a chainstay just next to the BB.

    franksinatra
    Full Member

    I was expecting bacon sandwich content

    Klunk
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    got a dent like that in the top tube of my soul 4 years ago, still going strong.

    rickmeister
    Full Member

    Yeah, I was hoping for a crispy bacon and brie, on brown with a bit of rocket salad, maybe cranberry jelly….

    Oh well…

    PrinceJohn
    Full Member

    I did similar bailing on the first ride on a new bike.

    It’s still going strong over 10years later.

    anotherstan
    Free Member

    well, i suppose i’ll keep on riding her then.

    thanks for the replies, and apologies to the carnivores for the misleading title 😉

    messiah
    Free Member

    I’ve got a 17 year old Kona Explosif with a worse looking dent that I made in it when it was two weeks old… and it’s a sub 4lb steel frame. The Pig will be able to live with that injury.

    hora
    Free Member

    Id continue to ride a dented quality product. I had an Enduro with a dent that I also sold on.

    I wouldnt on yours personally OP.

    scaredypants
    Full Member

    hora, have you been spammed or just up all night reading back-pages of the forum ?

    hora
    Free Member

    Stood in WHSmiths last night reading the bike mags and a bluepig was featured. So I was looking for user views out of interest.

    Bluepig/Pig/456 etc all seem to pale in the face of Soul/Bfe..

    DaveyBoyWonder
    Free Member

    emailed ragley twice during the week without reply

    You’ll be waiting a fair bit longer too I suspect since the only member of staff at Ragley with an internet connection left…

    atlaz
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    Bah, I thought this was going to be a thread about food. The shops around here are just getting the baby wild boar in as the season has started. Now I’m hungry.

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