Re: [CR] Need frame repair advice...

(Example: Framebuilders:Bernard Carré)

From: <"brianbaylis@juno.com">
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:07:23 +0000
To: <kommisar89@yahoo.com>
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] Need frame repair advice...


Derrick,

If it were me, I'd leave it alone but keep an eye on it. It is only one of the seams where the lug is welded. It's probably like that since the day the frame was made. If you plan to do a re plate and repaint; then d uring that process (after the old chrome is stripped and before the lug is re-polished and re-plated) someone can fix the seam with brass. The w ay it is now though, it's not likely to fail. It will just annoy you whe never you look at it.

Brian Baylis
La Mesa, CA


-- Derrick Bourgeois wrote:


Hi All,

I need some advice. There is a small crack in the upper head tube lug on this frame. The crack does not go into the head tube itself, only the l ug as you can see in the pictures. I'd like to get some advice from the experts here. How serious is a crack like this? Should it be repaired? I f so, how would you go about that (or more to the point, how would you r ecommend the frame builder go about it since I'm not going to be repairi ng anything)? Is there a way to affect the repair without totally destro ying the chrome on the lug? Obviously I realize there would be a spot th at had been brazed and filed and maybe some bluing in the chrome around it and I could live with that but is that even realistic or is the heat going to strip off everything?

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Regards, Derrick Bourgeois Colorado Spring, CO, USA

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