Re: Is it Dead?

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tiborg <tcg001@xxxxxxx> wrote:

On Oct 19, 10:09 am, "David L. Johnson" <david.john...@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Frank Drackman wrote:
ride. Checking more closely revealed that the seat tube was completely
disconnected from where it meets the bottom bracket.

It is a 14 year old REI brand touring bike that has about 30K miles on it.
Is it something that is worth having fixed or should I schedule a memorial
service?

It was probably tig welded to begin with, if it's steel, It could be
re-welded, but that is not likely to be a very strong joint -- it
probably failed because it wasn't welded properly to begin with, and
there is corrosion to deal with.

In addition to the cost of welding it back together, which will be $100
or so if you want to pay someone who really knows what he is doing, you
will have to re-paint the bike, which will cost another $100-$200 to
have a decent job done. And when you are done you still will have a
14-year-old bike with worn, low-end components.

If it is aluminum, there isn't even a chance of finding someone to
re-weld it. A decent job there would cost much more than it is worth,
and the chances of doing a decent job with the old materials is small.

Save the shiny bits, and toss the rest. Buy another bike. You got your
$500 or so of use out of this one.

The lottery is a tax on those who fail to understand mathematics.

So you're saying crazy glue just wont do the trick?

Scab on some *** steel and J.B. Weld that sucker.

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Michael Press
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