Worst frame repair ever
Worst frame repair ever
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WPA

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12,433 posts

132 months

Monday 4th March 2024
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This is not mine but spotted this for sale on Facebook, has anybody ever seen a worse repair than this, he says that it is safe to ride but I would never trust it, to me it is scrap, I would also add that he claims this was repaired by a local metalwork specialist laugh






Silvanus

6,903 posts

41 months

Monday 4th March 2024
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laugh

soad

34,085 posts

194 months

Monday 4th March 2024
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Do not want.

hidetheelephants

31,398 posts

211 months

Monday 4th March 2024
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What is it supposed to look like? The weld bead is ok-ish, but that bracket thing underneath looks a bit sketchy.

Drezza

1,463 posts

72 months

Monday 4th March 2024
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Meh... I'd ride it. Welds look fine and it's hardly going to be doing any jumps.

Would have to be cheap for me to buy it though!

WPA

Original Poster:

12,433 posts

132 months

Monday 4th March 2024
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hidetheelephants said:
What is it supposed to look like? The weld bead is ok-ish, but that bracket thing underneath looks a bit sketchy.
This is what it should look like also shows you how bad the top frame tube is.


hidetheelephants

31,398 posts

211 months

Monday 4th March 2024
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It's a bit shadetree and asking money for it is pretty brassnecked, but I don't see any major problems with it. Brompton's site isn't forthcoming about frame material, but they appear to still braze their frames so unlikely to be anything exciting or unusually difficult to weld.

bobbo89

5,813 posts

163 months

Tuesday 5th March 2024
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I'm more interested as to what happened to it.

I mean, no-one is doing stair sets on Bromptons!

Edited by bobbo89 on Tuesday 5th March 09:06

Hugo Stiglitz

39,796 posts

229 months

Tuesday 5th March 2024
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How much is he asking? £100 very max.

gazza285

10,575 posts

226 months

Tuesday 5th March 2024
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hidetheelephants said:
The weld bead is ok-ish…
It really isn’t. Welding like that would get you removed from one of my sites on day one.

anonymous-user

72 months

Tuesday 5th March 2024
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EmailAddress said:
bobbo89 said:
I'm more interested as to what happened to it.

I mean, no one's no-one is doing stair sets on Bromptons!
According to a quick Google; Brompton frames have a few weak spots known for cracking. Make of that as you will.
I gave a couple, never had, or heard of, any problems
The frames have a 7 year warranty.

Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 5th March 06:27

ShredderXLE

726 posts

177 months

Tuesday 5th March 2024
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The top tube doesnt even look like its aligned properly either side of the weld compared to the pic of the white one. The geometry of the frame would now be different too.

WPA

Original Poster:

12,433 posts

132 months

Tuesday 5th March 2024
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Hugo Stiglitz said:
How much is he asking? £100 very max.
£250 to £300, says it has years of life left.

It worries me that having failed once, how long before it breaks again and would you want to be riding it at the point it does.

Hugo Stiglitz

39,796 posts

229 months

Tuesday 5th March 2024
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WPA said:
Hugo Stiglitz said:
How much is he asking? £100 very max.
£250 to £300, says it has years of life left.

It worries me that having failed once, how long before it breaks again and would you want to be riding it at the point it does.
Wow. Speechless. It'll definitely break again. Why would you weld the top/downtube combined that's snapped clean through and badly. Wow.

WPA

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132 months

Tuesday 5th March 2024
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trails

5,630 posts

167 months

Tuesday 5th March 2024
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Looks fine, nothing a bit of wet and dry and a rattle can of gloss black couldn't fix hehe

Hugo Stiglitz

39,796 posts

229 months

Tuesday 5th March 2024
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Why has he welded it with a distinct hump/drooping downwards. Imagine riding that in traffic.

President Merkin

4,297 posts

37 months

Tuesday 5th March 2024
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TBH if I wanted a 64 degree head angle on my Brompton for downhill racing, I'd have just fitted an angleset. silly

CoolHands

21,358 posts

213 months

Tuesday 5th March 2024
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300 quid for a stolen bike

TGCOTF-dewey

6,770 posts

73 months

Tuesday 5th March 2024
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hidetheelephants said:
What is it supposed to look like? The weld bead is ok-ish, but that bracket thing underneath looks a bit sketchy.
It really isn't... It looks like a diseased hamster has defecated molten steel all over the tube.

That's been done by someone with zero welding experience who has borrowed a cheap MIG welder and had a go.

At least the 'taco' is not unusual... It's been used on a few MTBs in the past.