Vincy Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 So if you buy a second hand frame, its bound to have a few dents. But does this make it much weaker and more likely to crack/snap? is it going to be much of a problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey1991 Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 Dents are never really a problem, they wont weaken the frame unless there very large or in vunerable places, over welds or similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Dark Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 They will weaken the frame to some extent...at the end of the day youre stressing a metal that's very vulnerable to fatigue. I wouldnt worry to omuch if it isn't a really compy frame, or the dents are less than 5mm deep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sstein Posted February 24, 2010 Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 I hit my frame once on the downtube and dented it. A couple of months later the downtube snapped in half for no inherent reason apart from the dent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris4stars Posted February 24, 2010 Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 On 2/24/2010 at 12:15 AM, sstein said: I hit my frame once on the downtube and dented it. A couple of months later the downtube snapped in half for no inherent reason apart from the dent. what was the frame, and how bad was the dent? what was it dented on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukasMcNeal Posted February 24, 2010 Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 Most dents will be alright, the main thing is the frame as it varies as some are weak and some are bombproof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sstein Posted February 24, 2010 Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 On 2/24/2010 at 10:24 AM, chris4stars said: what was the frame, and how bad was the dent? what was it dented on? It was an Onza Limey 2, I dented after manualing towards a rail and letting the bike (without me on it) hit it not too hard. The frame did seem a bit cheese like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincy Posted February 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 if all goes well then the frame will be a zoo python, iv heard there pretty bomb proof, and there are a couple of dents, all on the downtube i think, one is pretty close to the weld near the bb but as far as i know doesnt actually touch it. Is it likely to be a problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joea Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 it should not make a diffrents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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