Broken Frame - advice required please
mese13
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Realised this morning that my frame has cracked all round the bottom bracket.
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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.0 -
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.0 -
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.FCN 5 belt driven fixie for city bits
CAADX 105 beastie for bumpy bits
Litespeed L3 for Strava bits
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.0 -
My alu frame cracked around the BB and tuing last year. Went in the bin.FCN 2-4.
"What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
"It stays down, Daddy."
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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 do0 -
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.0 -
In which case I stand corrected.FCN 5 belt driven fixie for city bits
CAADX 105 beastie for bumpy bits
Litespeed L3 for Strava bits
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.0 -
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 bike0 -
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.0 -
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?0