RIP: Shes dead :(
The Northern Monkey
Posts: 19,136
Thats right folks 
The frame on the Saracen is giving up the ghost.
After fitting a new rear wheel tonight, I went for a ride and there was some aweful creaking.
So I got home and stripped the bike... BB fine, forks fine, headset fine.. etc etc.
So I started to see if it was the frame.
Lo and behold the frame is bending like a mofo.. I think the frame is bending under load and putting a load of stress on the weld running the length of the underside of the frame (it is a hollow tin can afterall!) causing a tremendous amount of creaking
Bit gutted like, I don't think i'll really be up for riding it.. I value my face too much
So I now have a donor bike....
RIP little Saracen.
The frame on the Saracen is giving up the ghost.
After fitting a new rear wheel tonight, I went for a ride and there was some aweful creaking.
So I got home and stripped the bike... BB fine, forks fine, headset fine.. etc etc.
So I started to see if it was the frame.
Lo and behold the frame is bending like a mofo.. I think the frame is bending under load and putting a load of stress on the weld running the length of the underside of the frame (it is a hollow tin can afterall!) causing a tremendous amount of creaking
Bit gutted like, I don't think i'll really be up for riding it.. I value my face too much
So I now have a donor bike....
RIP little Saracen.
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^^+1 :¬)
Old bikes never die.. they get reincarnated into something a little leaner and meaner..0 -
you can finally throw that abomination away ben, this is what it would have wanted all along.0
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hehehe... it was worth it for the parts i've collected I reckon :P
Particulary proud of the £20 Hone cranks... which means I have to build a beast (obviously!)0 -
as long as that has some rear suspension i will aprove.0
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sheepsteeth wrote:as long as that has some rear suspension i will aprove.
Think I may be taking a trip over to North Yorkshire a week on Saturday...
Funny how I bust a frame a week before I get my bonus isn't it :P0 -
well, we both know there is no way you would need a full sus bike for uk riding so i can only assume you will be riding your new orange abroad?0
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its lime green ns surge time 0
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sheepsteeth wrote:well, we both know there is no way you would need a full sus bike for uk riding so i can only assume you will be riding your new orange abroad?
Orange?! ohhhh.. noooo i'm not going to the Orange factory 0 -
Are there any cracks? The frames were known for amplifying noises.0
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supersonic wrote:Are there any cracks? The frames were known for amplifying noises.
not yet lol!
Yea I know they can amplify noises, but when the frame is bare of parts and you can bend it by hand to make the crack noise......
Its ever since I took it jumping last weekend 0 -
I can do that with many fames lol.
Buy my GT Ruckus ;-)0 -
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Possibly is a fracture somewhere. Should get you 15 quid at the alu recycling centre ;-)0
