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Cervelo especially


 
Posted : 27/07/2017 4:20 pm
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Warranty job? Chopped a fair few frames for warranty.


 
Posted : 27/07/2017 4:23 pm
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Fitting a hidden motor?


 
Posted : 27/07/2017 4:23 pm
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You monster. 😯


 
Posted : 27/07/2017 4:23 pm
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It's just a sticker


 
Posted : 27/07/2017 4:24 pm
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Slingshot conversion?


 
Posted : 27/07/2017 4:26 pm
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Frankenbike


 
Posted : 27/07/2017 4:31 pm
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We were kicking a £5k carbon frame round the workshop the other day that had been damaged in transit and need to be destroyed. It's very satisfying.


 
Posted : 27/07/2017 4:33 pm
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I'm hoping this mod involves spoons.


 
Posted : 27/07/2017 4:34 pm
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Got to be a warranty jobbie.


 
Posted : 27/07/2017 4:35 pm
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Good idea to put wood in the vice to protect the frame!


 
Posted : 27/07/2017 4:36 pm
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I cut a Scott Spark in half lengthways some years ago. Very interesting!


 
Posted : 27/07/2017 4:47 pm
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I cut a Scott Spark in half lengthways some years ago. Very interesting!

Were you making a mould tool to make your own copies?


 
Posted : 27/07/2017 4:53 pm
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Had to cut up my crashed Boardman with pictures as proof to the insurers, strangely satisfying. Also cut up an old, broken Specialized FSR XC frame I had too. Scary how thin the metal is on the tubes!!


 
Posted : 27/07/2017 5:13 pm
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As above. My guess is either warranty or insurance. Both may require proof that the original bike is beyond use before paying for a replacement...


 
Posted : 27/07/2017 5:40 pm
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Says it's warranty proof in the comments.


 
Posted : 27/07/2017 5:42 pm
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Did you measure twice?


 
Posted : 27/07/2017 6:23 pm
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Some people will go to extreme lengths to get away from pressfit bottom brackets.


 
Posted : 27/07/2017 6:37 pm
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He's retro fitting a motor.

Instructions say "cut seatpost downtube here ...... "


 
Posted : 27/07/2017 7:59 pm
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Serious weight saving.


 
Posted : 27/07/2017 8:09 pm
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That'll polish out, surely?


 
Posted : 27/07/2017 9:49 pm
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Would have loved to have run in with a mobile in my hand shouting, "wrong frame, wrong frame!" 😀


 
Posted : 27/07/2017 9:53 pm
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That's how you fit internal cables isn't it?


 
Posted : 27/07/2017 10:03 pm
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Let the saw do the work.


 
Posted : 27/07/2017 10:46 pm
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I have no idea why I still have this (and it's disconcerting how easy it was to find compared to useful stuff)

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A recall rather than a warranty - I had to send a pic of it sawn in half to get a new one


 
Posted : 27/07/2017 11:16 pm
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[i]ernest moss mode on....[/i]

I hope you were wearing a dust mask.


 
Posted : 27/07/2017 11:21 pm
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Just fit eTap and be done!


 
Posted : 28/07/2017 12:03 am
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The position of the vacuum nozzle makes me think this is the OP

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Posted : 28/07/2017 8:19 am
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I have a Felt AR FRD frame just two feet away from me that arrived knackered. I didn't have to send it back or destroy it to get a refund. I offered to send back the forks, seatpost, headset etc., but they didn't want me to. It does seem like it ought to be repairable in theory, but would cost a good few hundred I reckon, and even then... Could use it as a turbo mule but would still need a half decent repair, which would cost as much as a cheap frame anyway.

So, I don't have a decent use for it, but can't yet bring myself to destroy or ditch it. It's very pretty though. And the RRP was something mad like £2500.

Gray


 
Posted : 28/07/2017 9:31 am
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Good idea to put wood in the vice to protect the frame!

LOL.

I quite like the fact you can see some of the weave delaminating as (s)he goes through the frame - obviously should've wrapped in masking tape too before cutting.


 
Posted : 28/07/2017 9:42 am
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Double post oops.


 
Posted : 28/07/2017 9:59 am