Removing canti bosses?

Penylope
Penylope Posts: 320
edited April 2011 in MTB workshop & tech
Good idea :D or Bad idea :cry:


I've started to refurb my tired SantaCruz Chameleon frame as a long term project build.
(Dont worry I CBA with a WIP thread :P ).
the paintwork was in a sorry state so I have rubbed down all of the paintwork and primed it ready to rub down all of the imperfections/scratches/gouges and I got thinking 'do I really need canti bosses'?

What are the implications of removing the bosses? Presumably they are just welded onto the seatstays (not 'lugged' into the frame).
Can I just grind them off?
Will it affect the structural support from the seatstay?

Any thoughts or advice from anybody with experience of doing this would be greatly appreciated
MTB's, SC Blur LTc & Cotic Soul (26" definitely aint dead!).
Other, Genesis Croix De Fer

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    well the bosses screw into the mounts.

    it does depend a bit on what your mounts are like.

    pics would be good.
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  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    Have a look at the white inbred thread (page 1 has the boss removal) in my sig...
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  • Penylope
    Penylope Posts: 320
    nicklouse wrote:
    well the bosses screw into the mounts.

    it does depend a bit on what your mounts are like.

    pics would be good.

    Ahh, rite, OK thanks Nic. Its the mounts that i need to remove then, my bad (terminology). I have unscrewed the bosses, but want to remove the mounts.
    I'll try and get a pic up in the morning.

    ride_whenever
    Thanks, were there any lugs in your frame for the mounts, or just welds that needed grinding off?
    MTB's, SC Blur LTc & Cotic Soul (26" definitely aint dead!).
    Other, Genesis Croix De Fer
  • Penylope
    Penylope Posts: 320
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    Ta Da! this be them.
    MTB's, SC Blur LTc & Cotic Soul (26" definitely aint dead!).
    Other, Genesis Croix De Fer
  • 02gf74
    02gf74 Posts: 1,171
    I removed them on my Bianchi MUTT aluminium frame; hacksaw the bulk off then used an agnle grinder, hand file and dremel sanding disc to smooth down.

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