Ok my beloved Airbourne Black Widow of 4 years(bought 2nd hand)has developed a crack in a bizarre place, the frame is not creaking and only noticed as I was cleaning it.
Just lately I have been taken it above and beyond its and mines comfort zone(lots of rocky stff) in the Lakes getting some miles in before keilder.
So need a bit of info it what I can do with it planning on riding it for the forceable future ie keider in a couple of weeks(will take a couple of zip ties with me).
If it can be welded whereabouts in the North West(Lakes)would you recommend.
This frame owes me nothing and would quite happily have another Airbourne/Van Nic 😀 but deep down I,m 😥

P9010042 by Richard Munro, on Flickr

Rewelded by Enigma? Would have thought an easy repair. Would not ride again until fixed, just so not to damage the other parts of the bridge. Do do have other bikes you can ride yes?

Do do have other bikes you can ride yes?

A few 😀 but no mile munchers

Enigma are they bike specialists or do they weld anything?

Enigma

Isnt that the flex plate between seat tube and seat stays ?

Woundnt be welding that mmm brittle flex plate !

Email sent with pic to Enigma!

Probably not exactly a “flex plate” being that thick, more a nice frame feature. And its welded at either end so why not. Nice frame mind, shame to trash it further.

Sorted 😀

P9020046 by Richard Munro, on Flickr

Nice hip flask…. Is that a mr tickle paddling pool on the shelf?

Postie, for many years I had litespeed pisgahs which I bought from Alf Jones cycles in wrexham North Wales. The guys there are very very knowledgeable about ti frames. Maybe worth giving andy or gaz a ring for some advice.

Steve.

LOL, almost spat my toast out all of the keyboard….

lol yeah you should be fine now…… 😉

Postie R, just up the road from you on the way to Windermere heading N out of Kendal where the dual carriageway comes down the hill to the roundabout, there is a farm and a house on the right. The house is called Bannel Cottage… A guy I have a lot of time for as an engineer lives there, called John McGrath. He works on microlights and stuff, he may be able to do it for you or have an opinion..

If the car is outside, pop in and mention Rick Harrison..

HTH

Sorted for a proper repair so will post pics of the result!

nice one – who is doing the repair?

Two tie wraps? 😉

That repair looked well dodgy. Needed some electrical tape round the crack.

How can you call that a repair? No big tarp, not even any tar.

Repair has been done fast turn around £20 😀

309123_4591433906701_914014391_n by Richard Munro, on Flickr

304337_4591452987178_1244850538_n by Richard Munro, on Flickr

On route back to me to get it ready for kielder to be destroyed

Isn’t Mr Tickle red, not blue?

Leave my sleeping bag out of it keep on topic please!

Who did the repair in the end?

Who did the repair?

A friend of a friend, specialises in motorsports not to sure he needs any other work 😉

I was just curious for future reference 🙂