I wonder if that's why they used the "Glued & Screwed" method?
I've received several good ideas including:
Trying to obtain a replacement dropout piece from the Alan factory and re-gluing it onto the stays.
Having a local welder go at it.
Buying a replacable drop out and shape it after some fancy dremmel work on the frame - this is similar to what yellowjersey.org did on their web site ( http://www.yellowjersey.org/
Buying another Eddy Merckx steel frame and hang the Alan on the wall.
Dave Whitney - Portland, Maine
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 06:58:53 -0800 From: "chris ioakimedes" To: "'VintageBikes'" Subject: RE: [CR]Alan Frame Repair Message-ID: <000f01c51438$07f3a7e0$6401a8c0@proto> In-Reply-To: <20050216054205.55073.qmail@web40912.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain;charset="US-ASCII" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: list Message: 13
Is it possible that the alloy in An Alan frame is one that does not weld easily or well?
Chris Ioakimedes
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