Broken Frame - advice required please

mese13
mese13 Posts: 38
edited October 2010 in Commuting chat
Realised this morning that my frame has cracked all round the bottom bracket.

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  • craker
    craker Posts: 1,739
    Get a quote from Evans.

    Then ... do the frame strip & rebuild yourself, that 'll save you £££. If there are jobs you haven't got the tools for (crank removal, bottom bracket removal & refitting, headset refit are the only three I can think of) take it to your LBS.

    If you get a Langster you've still got a pile of bits for ebaying.
  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    How to get a credit note? You could ask them. That might work.

    Or just get the frame off them and do the work yourself. It's pretty straightforward moving stuff over, and not something I'd want to to trust to Evans anyway. But that's another story, some other time. :wink:
  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    Depends on the material old bean.

    If it's a steel or Ti frame then it's easily repairable. Aluminium not so easy, carbon then it's bin time.

    But as others have said, if you do need to buy a new frame then it's no issue swapping over the parts if you've the tools and a bit of basic know how. I'd probably get your LBS to swap over the BB though as that can be a pig unless you've some specialist tools.
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    My alu frame cracked around the BB and tuing last year. Went in the bin. :(
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  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    What bike is it? Some mfrs do lifetime warranties on frames.
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  • andy83
    andy83 Posts: 1,558
    confused by this thread. has the OP taken away part of his post, just dont make sense or is it im tired lol

    as above some frames do lifetime warrenties, I know trek do :)
  • Gazzaputt
    Gazzaputt Posts: 3,227
    SimonAH wrote:
    Depends on the material old bean.

    If it's a steel or Ti frame then it's easily repairable. Aluminium not so easy, carbon then it's bin time.[./b]

    But as others have said, if you do need to buy a new frame then it's no issue swapping over the parts if you've the tools and a bit of basic know how. I'd probably get your LBS to swap over the BB though as that can be a pig unless you've some specialist tools.

    Carbon can be repaired.

    Was a guy at the Cycle Show who repairs carbon and the repairs were amazing.
  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    In which case I stand corrected.
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  • vorsprung
    vorsprung Posts: 1,953
    Does it have a warrantee?
    If you are the original owner of the bike and it is less than 2 years old then it probably does, take it back to where it was bought

    If it is a steel frame and you like the frame then there are many places you can get it repaired

    If it is an aluminium frame then repair is possible but is likely to be more expensive and so not worth it

    the frame iisn't worth repairing and there is no warrantee then consider the parts on the bike
    If they are nice and have plenty of wear in them then visit a bike shop, buy a frame and get the shop to transfer the old bits to the new frame

    If none of the above apply, go and buy a new bike
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  • mese13
    mese13 Posts: 38
    Thanks guys - it's a Trek FX 7.5 (aluminium frame) and it's completely knackered.

    The guys at bike shop had (apparantly) never seen anything like it and want to get photos over to Trek to see if it's a known weakness.

    If Trek agree it's a flaw, perhaps I'll get a shiny new bike, but perhaps not. Just want to get back on the road.
  • andy83
    andy83 Posts: 1,558
    mese13 wrote:
    Thanks guys - it's a Trek FX 7.5 (aluminium frame) and it's completely knackered.

    The guys at bike shop had (apparantly) never seen anything like it and want to get photos over to Trek to see if it's a known weakness.

    If Trek agree it's a flaw, perhaps I'll get a shiny new bike, but perhaps not. Just want to get back on the road.

    If you are the original owner all trek frames have a lifetime warrenty.

    I got a replacement AND upgrade and all that happened with my frame was a tiny part where the cable goes through snapped off.

    I got a new frame sent to the shop the next day. did you get bike from said shop?

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