Cracked frame?

2007-06-24
2007-06-24 Posts: 33
edited June 2007 in Workshop
Hi,

while cleaning my bike this morning, I found a line of cracked paint around the bottom bracket.

Looking at this photo, do others agree that the frame is cracked:
http://jimpix.co.uk/P1000179.jpg

Judging by the aged look of the cracked paint, presumably I've been riding it like that for many hundreds of miles.

Next question: would others get a new bike, or just risk carrying on riding it, and hope it doesn't completely crack apart?

I use the bike for commuting to work. It's an old Peugeot Professional with Reynolds 531 tubing. Not sure how old it is - someone was chucking it out and gave it to me.

Thank you

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Comments

  • pjm-84
    pjm-84 Posts: 819
    New frame.

    Paul
    Paul
  • CraigUKcp
    CraigUKcp Posts: 1,209
    Yes, most certainly a crack rather than a paint defect. As for riding it, if it fails at the wrong time in busy traffic you could end up under the wheels of a lorry. Personally I wouldn't take the risk.

    On the plus side 531 is quite easily repaired, having said that by time you get it repaired and painted you probably could have bought a new frame for the same money. Look at my Quest below, frame and fork cost œ185 on EBay, plenty of other deals like that to be had.

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  • MattBlackBigBoysBMX
    MattBlackBigBoysBMX Posts: 398
    Don't even think about riding it.

    Wheelies ARE cool.
    Wheelies ARE cool.

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  • 2007-06-24
    2007-06-24 Posts: 33
    Thanks for the advice everyone.

    Sad to see the bike go, but I suppose it's better to be sad, and get a new frame, than not sad, and be squashed!
    jimpix
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  • currieinahurry
    currieinahurry Posts: 2,695
    its dead.
    tikka

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  • gbb
    gbb Posts: 1,240
    Agree with all others...dont risk riding it. It could go anytime.
    Chill out, fer Christsakes....
    Chill out, fer Christsakes....
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Short of having stay replaced, dead I fear.

    d.j.
    "Not much to see,
    Not much left to lose"
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Lucky it isn't an aluminium or carbon frame. You'd never hear the end of it.
    Nobody ever got laid because they were using Shimano
  • Garybee
    Garybee Posts: 815
    Hang on, it's steel, don't they last forever?
    Hypocrisy is only a bad thing in other people.
    Hypocrisy is only a bad thing in other people.
  • 2191flint
    2191flint Posts: 803
    One good jolt on an uneven road surface and that's gonna go... get rid before you find yourself in A&E.

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