Should I return my London Road frame_is this defective? – Page 3 – Bike Forum

skankingbiker · 2016-07-06T15:59:05Z

Hi all: Took delivery of a london road frame last month and needed to wait a bit before my parts came in before I started building. My frame has the seatpost issue other people have reported. I suppose that could be solved with a beer/soda can. My bigger concern/question is the welds around the bottom bracket blew off into the edge of the shell face. Is this going to be a problem using an external bearing BB? The BB shell threads are also a little wonky, even after chasing them out and greasing, it was very difficult to get the BB to thread in. Do you think the weld issue is bad enough to warrant a return? I have e-mailed Planet X and they responded promptly and said I could ship it back and they would "take a look at it"--not sure whether that means I will get a refund or I will lose use of my frame for 2 months while they "look at it." Just looking for some opinions on what to do. Oh, I should mention that I live in the U.S. Shipping was $80 USD. I was really looking forward to building this up to use for cyclocross season. Here are photos of the bottom bracket [URL[URL[URL

skankingbiker

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Update:

Good News/Bad News

Good: Replacement frame arrived in short order. Seat tube is not ovalized and bottom bracket welds are acceptably clean.

Bad: Seat tube is still oversized,

BUT it fits a 31.8 post, which I had purchased the last go around, so I think I am all set. I dont know why they have the spec listed as 31.6.

I'll post again when all built up.

Posted : 01/08/2016 7:21 pm

simondbarnes

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I dont know why they have the spec listed as 31.6.

Because they're clueless

Posted : 01/08/2016 7:25 pm

psycorp

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^^^^^^^

.....and don't give a shit, otherwise they'd have accurate information on their site instead of incomplete and plain wrong.

Posted : 01/08/2016 8:18 pm

thegreatape

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Good: Replacement...Seat tube is not ovalized...

Bad: Seat tube is still oversized

Say what?

Posted : 01/08/2016 8:23 pm

skankingbiker

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Say what?

The original frame they sent me had a seat-tube that was oversized AND ovalized. The right/left of the tube measured around 31.86 whereas the front/back was closer to 32.1

Posted : 01/08/2016 10:03 pm

thegreatape

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Beg your pardon, I didn't read properly.

Posted : 01/08/2016 10:37 pm

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