Re: [CR] Was "Market Slump", Now "Deal Breaker?"

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From: "paccoastcycles" <paccoastcycles@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Matthew 'Devotion' Bowne" <devotion_finesse@hotmail.com>, "CR discussion list" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:03:30 -0700
Subject: Re: [CR] Was "Market Slump", Now "Deal Breaker?"


I haven't seen the crack but it sounds like it could be veed out and filled with brass or silver at paint job time.

Chuck Hoefer
Vista, California USA


----- Original Message -----
From: Matthew 'Devotion' Bowne
To: CR discussion list
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 6:40 AM
Subject: [CR] Was "Market Slump", Now "Deal Breaker?"



>
> In reference to a bike offered for sale that did not meet it's asking
> price, Dale Phelps wrote:
>
> "1) The busted seat lug is a deal-breaker, the crack extends from keyhole
> to the edge of the lug. Nothing about this bike is unique enough to
> overlook that."
>
> Which got me to thinkin' much more generally...
>
> Can't a crack such as the one described be dealt with by drilling a small
> "stop hole" at the bottom of the crack? Or is the general consensus that
> a frame with that type of damage is essentially ruined? If you had a
> great frame in need of restoration that had a similar crack, would the
> crack be enough to keep you from re-painted and re-building the bike
> (assuming a stop hole was drilled)?
>
> Matthew Bowne
> Brooklyn, New York
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