I’ve drilled a seat tube before to route a dropper cable but that’s been it.
The routing on this looks very ‘home made’. Would you drill a down tube in two places to internally route the cable? Looks a bit dodgy to me.
That probably wouldn’t bother me. The driveside chainstay would be more of a concern. And it’s very strong money!
If you do get it, the sound of your worrying thoughts will probably just come and go…
IGMC
It will be fine I'd say but it's a heavy, unspringy lump of a frame that's about 150 too much
That probably wouldn’t bother me. The driveside chainstay would be more of a concern. And it’s very strong money!
What have you spied re the chsinstay
I've done this to frames myself but found a nice grommet to make it look neat. That's in no way structural - I might make sure the hole is nicely rounded on receipt, however that seems a bit pricey for an old steel frame..?
I did this (only on the seat tube) on the 45650b frame I used to have, it was fine.
And, I have find memories of (both) my 45650b's ... But there is absolutely no way I'd spend anything like £300 on that frame. £100-150 tops!
Did you get a shift on with this?
230 quid?
For that?
Behave.