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Nephew has cracked seatstay on his bike and we have a week of hols left. Anyone know anywhere we could try for a repair ?
Bothy bikes didn't know
Just be careful as welding can affect the frames heat treating making it weaker locally. I looked at getting an anthem frame fixed but gave up as the walls are wafer thin where the crack was and it was right next to a weld.
It's certainly possible to fix them though if someone knows what they are doing. I believe the correct way is re heat treating after welding but this can be expensive and you may have alignment issues due to the heat distorting the frame.
I have a mate who always buys cracked frames and gets them bodge welded. Sometimes they last other times they fail. He just buys another for much cheapness and repeats.
Thin-walled tubing is easy to blow-holes and many aluminium alloy frames are heat treated - heat from welding changes metallurgical properties which means it's not ideal.
fwiw - if bothy didnt know if it existed in the local area - it probably doesnt exist. - pretty sure Gordy would give it a good shot though 😀
Hire a bike from bothy for the remainder of the trip ?