harmertrials Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 (edited) Hi all. Picked up a sky 2 frame last week, she's got a crack on the chainstay/bb join, which appears to be due to a large impact to the bashplate. Anyway, I've decided to build it up as a comp bike to play on, forgot how fun mod is. Spec so far: sky 2 frame sky headset sky bash trialtech forks front echo sl rim on echo hub rear onza pro diamond on echo hub sticky lights rockman 150x30 neon bb try all cranks echo crank bolts old school sl ffw hope mono minis, carbon levers and ti bolts, gunmetal trialtech highrise bars, polished Will update as more bits arrive etc, with quality photos. Hoping to get it welded this week, as well as order the remaining bits. Edited April 24, 2013 by harmertrials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake. Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Gonna be mint, can't wait to see the full build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 shame it won't be dual mag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aener Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 (edited) Have you considered getting it carbon wrapped?Just welding it will do very limited good... Destroys the heat-treatment and what not so it'll just crack again - probably very quickly as they're really light frames.I dunno how long it would actually last, but Kyle's been riding an Inpulse that cracked all the way through (completely separated) at a similar place that got welded and wrapped by Jaf, and it's still going with no new creaks or cracks 8/9 months later.Looks lovely. So much nicer than the Sky 3s!Is that a front mag rim, or one of those weird Echo ones? Edited April 24, 2013 by aener Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harmertrials Posted April 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 (edited) Have you considered getting it carbon wrapped? Just welding it will do very limited good... Destroys the heat-treatment and what not so it'll just crack again - probably very quickly as they're really light frames. I dunno how long it would actually last, but Kyle's been riding an Inpulse that cracked all the way through (completely separated) at a similar place that got welded and wrapped by Jaf, and it's still going with no new creaks or cracks 8/9 months later. I have considered it, got a rough quote off josh for £50. It's a reasonable price but i don't think I can afford it at the moment. Can weld it for free. Have had several welds done in the past that have all held out fine, but none in quite as bad a location as this. Out of interest, how will you manage to wrap in such an awkward area? Also do you think there's anyway to make it look smart? Edited April 24, 2013 by harmertrials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aener Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 I don't know - I've nothing to do with it Just know that it works! Hahaha. He's done super awkward ones in the past though, so I'm sure he'll manage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balls Deep trials team Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Guess he would have to wrap the whole bb area ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake. Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 (edited) Guess he would have to wrap the whole bb area ? Yeah he'd probably do that and shrink it with a vacuum or something then cut holes out for the bb? Not sure he uses a vacuum or not but it certainly looks like it when I saw some of the work he did to the headtube on some frames. Edited April 25, 2013 by JMCD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harmertrials Posted April 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 I'd like to get it jaf'd. But I've seen a couple snap, and it worries me that you can't check for cracks. I think I'll stick with an ugly heffer of a weld for time being. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balls Deep trials team Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 yea my jaf repair snapped in a section at a british round (echo sl) hangs in my room now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andykezzy Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 thats gona look sick when its finished 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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