Chances of repairing this cracked frame?

Steel frame.

Noticed this the other day. I’ve taken a bit of paint off to see it better.

It’s underneath the bend in the non drive side chain stay to get around the tyre.

It’s a really strange place to get a crack. I can only think it was weakened during the manufacturing process(?)

What are the chances of it welding up ok?

Not saying what frame it is yet – I’ve not contacted the manufacturer to see what they might be able to do, which is the next step.

Just wondering about my options is all

Good welder will be able to plate over that.

Yeah – I’d fill the crack with Tig braze then cut a curved rounded cornered 0.9mm plate and braze that over the top..

So yes – it’s steel, it’s infinitely repairable (within reason)

or see what cotic say?

Who said it was a cotic?

But yeah, taking it up with the manufacturer is next step

Looks like that frame might have been over-loaded 😉

FFS attempting emoji…

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Well that doesn’t work

I was going for the hands over eyes one

@scotroutes.

That’s not a very nice post when the OP is trying to resolve things without being a ****.

How old is the frame? That could be due to water collecting there causing internal rust. It’s an odd way to crack, but yes, easily repairable.

@singlespeedstu thanks but I think it was tongue in cheek (well, it was taken that way by me anyway!)

Worse things happen at sea, as they say

@geforcejunky, yeah, that could be a plausible explanation. It’s about 5 years old, I’m the second owner.

To be fair when I opened the thread earlier I saw an upside down Cotic.

Good luck with the repair.