Tread on a crack, kill a fairy......

DJFish
DJFish Posts: 49
edited November 2014 in Commuting chat
Sorry, I couldn't think of another reasonably clean title with the word crack in it at such short notice.
It would appear that my salad dodging frame has killed my traffic dodging frame, can anyone who knows about these things offer an opinion if it's weldable or fit for the bin?
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Cheers
Dave

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  • rower63
    rower63 Posts: 1,991
    doesn't look good. only the seat-post holding it all up by the looks. bin imho :(
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  • mtb-idle
    mtb-idle Posts: 2,179
    that is well and truly FUBAR'd. I had a crack in the same area on a titanium MTB frame but it wasn't even a tenth of what you have there.

    As an aside can we see a pic of the whole bike, I'd be interested to know how high you were running your seatpost.

    EDIT: Oh and I woulda made some comment about you noticing it whilst being up the crack of Dawn of summat like that :oops:
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  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,711
    Another vote for the terminally busted... call it an opportunity! :D

    Depending on size / budget there's some *seriously* good deals here:

    http://www.planetx.co.uk/c/q/deals/clearance-frames
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  • jds_1981
    jds_1981 Posts: 1,858
    New enough to try and get a replacement/discount?
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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    Dead as can be, weigh it in. I've never liked those extended seatposts - not without a gusset or buttress.
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  • crumbschief
    crumbschief Posts: 3,399
    From the fae that is done gone.
  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    Screwed. Not sure I'd even ride it.

    What's the frame?
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  • DJFish
    DJFish Posts: 49
    Cheers folks,
    Bike is a Scott Sub XL bought in Jan 2011, seat post not unusually high for that size of frame as I'm only 6'4".
    I'm taking it in to my LBS tomorrow, they said they'd send some pics off to Scott & see what can be done.
    I'll report back when I know more.
    As an aside, I couldn't ride it last night even if I wanted to as the fairy wasn't quite dead and deflated my tyre so I just gave up and got a lift home.
  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    Ah, should be OK if it's a Scott. They have a 5 year frame warranty:

    http://www.scott-sports.com/us/en/support/warranty/

    Assuming you've either had it serviced once a year, or your LBS is happy to say you did.
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  • DJFish
    DJFish Posts: 49
    Update.
    Got my bike back the other day, fully re-built under warranty by my local LBS http://www.53-12.com/ with a new frame from Scott.
    Very impressed with the customer service of both firms!
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,486
    Always nice to get a good news story with a happy ending!
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