Re: [CR] Uhoh..urago on ebay

(Example: Framebuilders:Cecil Behringer)

Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 23:23:52 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <johndthompson@gmail.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
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Subject: Re: [CR] Uhoh..urago on ebay


On 02/18/2011 01:20 PM, Kurt Sperry wrote:
> How many people here have personally as opposed to it happening to a
> friend, cousin etc. had classic steel frames experience an actual
> structural failure due solely to rust? I've never seen or heard of it
> happening but have learned not to put much weight in my own narrow
> anecdotal experience. If Fraysee is anywhere close to correct there
> should be hundreds or more probably thousands of such tales out there
> to be related by list members.
>
> How about a show of hands?

I just picked up a sorry old Legnano in trade for some braze-on work:

http://www.os2.dhs.org/~john/legnano.jpg

While not a complete structural failure, the right chainstay has rusted through just behind the bottom bracket.

I intend to resurrect the old girl with some new chainstays.

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA