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  • Would this worry you? (ragley content)
  • D0NK
    Full Member

    Just noticed it last night, yes I know it’s grubby and there’s a hole in the BB. I’m talking about the dent.

    xiphon
    Free Member

    You serious??

    Junkyard
    Free Member

    No – then again it is not my bike 😉

    Or god yes a bike that colour would worry me

    TBH not sure but no obvious signs of cracking or splitting

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    mmel
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    Keep an eye on it but to be honest in steel that wouldn’t bother me

    edit – it is steel isn’t it?

    D0NK
    Full Member

    to be honest in steel that wouldn’t bother me

    me neither, pity it’s Ali eh? Possibly thin ali too considering I didn’t notice it happening so it can’t have been a massive meteor strike. Got similar smaller dents same place on other bikes that don’t worry me but this one is a fair bit bigger, not sure whether the pic does it justice

    mudsux
    Free Member

    nope.

    BenjiM
    Full Member

    Mmmbop?

    Mine had one from new, I’m guessing it’s part of the design. Either way you’d expect chipped paint with a ‘dent’ that size, no?

    D0NK
    Full Member

    Mine had one from new,

    worrying. That dent definitely wasn’t there last week.

    Either way you’d expect chipped paint with a ‘dent’ that size, no?

    paint is chipped slightly from the rock strike, can’t see it on that pic tho.

    edit better pic with red circle to show the edges of the dent, still going to ride it at weekend just wondering whether it needs close attention/regular inspection

    IMAG0561 by D0NK, on Flickr

    flyingmonkeycorps
    Full Member

    <pinch of salt>

    An engineery type once told me not to get overly worked up about dents on the down tube, as all the pressure is pully apart rather than pushy together.

    </pinch of salt>

    I’d just keep an eye on it.

    JonEdwards
    Free Member

    Every mtb I own with the exception of my BFe has dents like that in the bottom of the downtube. None of them have fallen apart yet.

    Keep a vague eye on it, but it’ll be reet.

    benslow
    Free Member

    Nope – just check it occasionally.

    D0NK
    Full Member

    ok cheers, slightly more reassured now 🙂

    maccruiskeen
    Full Member

    <pinch of salt>

    An engineery type once told me not to get overly worked up about dents on the down tube, as all the pressure is pully apart rather than pushy together.

    </pinch of salt>

    I’d just keep an eye on it.

    given there are bikes that have lengths of cable in the place of a down tube then thats quite correct. Top tubes i’d worry about, down tubes I wouldn’t unless the dent was near the head tube.

    flyingmonkeycorps
    Full Member

    I had a Giant VT with a dent pretty much the same, it never broke, than I sold it.

    andyl
    Free Member

    yup, that bit is in tension (pully apart). Ride it until it breaks….if it ever does.

    IvanDobski
    Free Member

    M&S will pay out on their home insurance policy on that though so if you fancy a new frame.

    D0NK
    Full Member

    not on M&S ivan, might start padding my downtubes in future tho.

    footflaps
    Full Member

    I bought a 2nd hand Cannondale 1FG frame with a similar size dent in the down tube, got years of riding out of it.

    Northwind
    Full Member

    That’s a really odd dent, looks like you’ve centrepunched it or something.

    I wouldn’t worry about it. TBH 2 of my Mmmbops were bent from new but they both worked pretty well so apparently there’s some margin for error.

    trail_rat
    Free Member

    colour worries me more than the dent

    my old dh bike had a dent like that in a similar place down by the bb

    it snapped eventually ……

    at the headtube.

    velopete
    Free Member

    I like the colour, is it a Piglet ?

    Scapegoat
    Full Member

    That grouting needs sorting.

    Scapegoat
    Full Member

    velopete – Member
    I like the colour, is it a Piglet ?

    mmmbop. Possibly the greenest green ever.

    patriotpro
    Free Member

    No, out of sight out of mind.

    PS – it’s one of the neatest dents i’ve seen.

    D0NK
    Full Member

    got years of riding out of it.

    and 6months in traction 🙂
    It’s an mmmbop and very green.
    yeah grouting does need sorting CBA tho

    HermanShake
    Free Member

    Drill a hole in it and stick on an extra cable guide; dent gone!

    crotchrocket
    Free Member

    polyfiller, sand lightly, repaint a better colour.

    and oil your chain

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