Will I die

[Dave Barter]

scotroutes: - Colin look away now you do not want to see what I've done

Everyone else - I fitted a bottle cage extender to the downtube of my Burls Ti. I stupidly used the old bolt to attach the cage and did not think about it's length. It has pressed into the frame when I tightened it. See photo below. Hopefully nothing to worry about as basically a minor dink. But if I am going to die I need to tell Helen.

[ScotRoutes]

You bastard.

[Mart]

Yep bike will be fine - Helen on the other hand

[Dave Barter]

You bastard.

It'll buff out.

[Alpinum]

Is it a road bike (frame)?

[Dave Barter]

Nope 29" hardtail

[Mike]

Blimey how tight did u do it up mate

[Dave Barter]

Not super tight, didn't really notice any extra resistance as I would have stopped but using a long allen key clearly gave some decent leverage. Was gutted but not a lot I can do now. Simply picked up the wrong bolt.

[middleagedmadness]

Can't see it being a issue Dave ,as long as there's no crack around the indentation ,you'll be grand lf your worried find a welder( not someone who "sticks" metal together) and have it filled in .this may be a bit ott mind

[pistonbroke]

You do realise that the sharpest thing that you should be let loose with is your tongue?

[benp1]

You now have an inney and an outey

Pop a sticker on it and hope for the best!

[Dave Barter]

You do realise that the sharpest thing that you should be let loose with is your tongue?

Harsh.

If you snored the other side of it Duncan maybe it would pop out?

[sean_iow]

Hopefully nothing to worry about as basically a minor dink.

That frame's written off, it's an accident looking for somewhere to happen. It will need to be correctly disposed of to make sure it doesn't get re-used with the subsequent liability for any harm caused going back to you. Disposal isn't cheap but worth it for the peace of mind.

If you send the frame to me and £200 cash I'll make sure it's all taken care of and send you a certificate of disposal*, just PM me for the address details.

*written in crayon on a bit of old wiggle delivery box

[slarge]

I'd be more worried about the big hole in your downtube right next to it.

Fit a bottle cage quickly (with short bolts) and forget all about it.

[redefined_cycles]

You do realise that the sharpest thing that you should be let loose with is your tongue?

Harsh.

If you snored the other side of it Duncan maybe it would pop out?

[Dave Barter]

Why do I ever post on here, eh?

The stress continues as it turns out my headset is fuxinated as well so emergency trip to bike shop in progress. The last time this bike got ridden was BB300 2018 so I blame Stu or Wales or both.

[trob6]

You will forget about it with time , I dropped a metal pole on my carbon full suspension bike when it was 3 days old and too a big lump of paint off the top tube , I almost cried.
In other news I got my new bike, pictures to follow when I work out he to do it !

[In Reverse]

We're all going to die Dave.

But especially you.

[Alpinum]

Patina...

All my bikes show chipped paint, the steel ones have dents, the carbon ones.. well see for yourself


I check for soft spots every now and then and as long as I can't find any, I'm not bothered.
And I think I have enough reasons to bother about a functioning bike as it gets ridden a lot in such places:



This was especially interesting as I went through a rather wide serpentine, leaning, putting pressure onto the edges until I saw that part of the path had crumbled off the mountain in the exit of the turn.



Not exactly terrain where you can allow material failure impose your riding...

Dave, if I were you, I'd check for hair cracks at least when giving the bike a good clean. Ti is rather ductile, I see no reason to worry.
I've had dents in the down tube on aluminium DH bikes of similar size but much deeper - nothing happened there and al isn't as ductile as ti.

The marks straps make from bikepacking bags leave may cause some to wrap every thing in tape, other just ride on.

[jameso]

Not exactly terrain where you can allow material failure impose your riding...

No. Same as a B-road in the UK really : )

FWIW I clunked my Jones against a workstand ..well, knocked over a folded stand... and put a small ding in the (steel) TT. Gutted, for an hour or 2. Now has a padded TT so I can lean it against walls and not bother about it happening again. The recovery method is cover it up and forget, it'll be fine. Bikes need some sort of wear or damage to be right.

[pistonbroke]

Bikes need some sort of wear or damage to be right.

I often give my bikes a damn good thrashing with twigs or baler twine, keeps them in line and eager to obey my every command. Always good to go full Basil Fawlty on their asses.

Btw does anyone have suggested uses for 2 cracked Van Nic Ti frames? Thinking of turning them into wind chimes as they're useless as bikes.

[ScotRoutes]

Van Nic have a lifetime (25 year) warranty.

[pistonbroke]

I know, frame 2 is a replacement for the original, trouble is they don't make the model I've got any more so I'm looking at considerable cost for components that will fit the 2nd replacement as well as shipping the cracked frame back to them. It's built with a Rohloff hub so I'm looking at gear cables,torque arm, EBB, Forks (tapered rather than straight steerer) new frame bag. Thankfully they haven't changed the hub spacing otherwise I'd be royally pissed off.

[99percentchimp]

Everyone else - I fitted a bottle cage extender to the downtube of my Burls Ti. I stupidly used the old bolt to attach the cage and did not think about it's length. It has pressed into the frame when I tightened it.

Oh god I'd have cried too I commend your open honesty
Maybe get it drilled out and a new bottle cage mount popped there to save using the extended mount - the offset position for the new mount has been well marked already

[Bearbonesnorm]

the offset position for the new mount has been well marked already

Oh yeah, like an automatic centre punch ...... a really big one