Does anyone know/recommend someone who can repair aluminium frames, nearish Stafford?
Rockrider 5.2 26" from a very long time ago.
The rear, drive side axle drop out has worn - age and many, many wheel removal/insertions, I think.
This means the wheel is increasingly on the skunt in the frame (biased to the front, non drive side).
It basically needs a blob of weld on the forward side of the drive side drop out and a blob on the frame where the axle locknut mates with the frame. (I'm happy to dress the welds, afterwards).
The non drive side might be ok - it has a Heath Robinson disk brake mount contraption fixed to it, which seems to stop that side wearing.
Even though it's a nail, everything else still works (or, at least, malfunctions at a uniform level) so I'd like to have it repaired - I'm also hoping the cost of repair is less than the hassle/cost of finding a frame of similar size and parts compatibility.
I'm based in Stafford but will travel (Barnard Castle is about my limit, tho).
Thank you.
Thanks - I'll give them a tinkle on the blower on Monday - I thought they only did steel but it's worth a shot.