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Hi folks,
Just had a fairly terrible day in the peaks (Puncture repair to pinch flat ratio not in my favour and had to push 4 miles because of it). Anyway to top it all off I hit a rock on a descent and got a dent in my down tube. I'm not too worried about it but just wonder whether I should be and would appreciate any advise.
Here is a picasa album with some pics:
[url= https://picasaweb.google.com/m/viewer#album/112681537018061489564/5752132036843821713 ]Photos[/url]
What do you think? Just ignore it and keep riding?
The paint is chipping a bit so I think I should probably cover it with tape... should I use anything in particular?
Thanks
By the way its an alu frame (2011 cindercone)
Andrew - for some reason - that links to my own Picasa album! Where / how did you get the link?
#Edit - and going "incognito in Chrome" I'm getting some Gorilla photos - that's nothing to do with me (honest!)
Ha a very good question! I just copied the link from my browser. After some digging I found this:
[url= https://picasaweb.google.com/112681537018061489564/Dent?authuser=0&feat=directlink ]Photos[/url]
Hopefully that will work a little better.
Great - got the dent photos!
Personally - you'll want rid of that asap. I'll take it off your hands if you pay the postage? 😉
Honestly, its not ideal, will possibly be hard to sell, but if it was mine - I'd not be bothered unless using it to try to persuade the missus to increase the bike budget next month. My 2p worth.
Okey doke thanks for the reply - that confirms my thoughts and I wont worry too much about it.
I hadn't really thought about the loss of value until now - that's a bummer... Certainly adds a few months to me being able to afford a Cotic. To be honest I've no idea what the frame is worth anyway - probably not a lot... (But certainly more than free ;)).
Bah never mind I'll just patch it up an keep riding instead of worrying about it.
Cheers for the help.
Just keep an eye on it...adds character 🙂
I wouldnt worry about it. My downtubes covered in small dents and chips.
Its worth touching up the paint to avoid further flaking though. I found a nail varnish that matches my paint perfectly from my girlfriends collection.
keep riding, but keep an eye on it
that first link linked me to my picasa photo album... which I didn't even realise I had?! Had every photo I ever took on my phone auto-uploaded to it. How extremely odd. Lucky I only take pictures of bikes on my phone .
But yes, the dent is quite large, however I doubt it will crumple. Keep riding.
As above- biggest problem will be when you come to sell it on.
Unfortunately my girlfriend doesn't have the right colour nail varnish - only pastel hues... I'll nip to the shop and get some lacquer instead.
Cheers for the advise everyone. Sun seems to be coming out here in Manchester so I might nip out on it for a few hours while I can. Will pack many more tubes today though, I'm not going to let that happen again...