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victorduraace

Post subject: Little dent in Ti Frame

Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 11:59 am

Joined: Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:10 pm
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Hi! could You give me some info on whether this little dent in rear seatstays will cause any problems (developing a crack)? The frame is Sandvik Titanium, nothing very light (thick tubes). It is 2mm deep, 5mm long. thanks for help
http://imgup.pl/di/V86A/img-0411.jpg
http://imgup.pl/di/1T7X/img-0410.jpg

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mattr

Post subject: Re: Little dent in Ti Frame

Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 12:14 pm

Joined: Fri May 25, 2007 6:43 pm
Posts: 1862

Unlikely. I've seen bigger dents in frames from manufacturing errors.
It's nice and smooth, no sharp angles anywhere.

How did you do it? (And how did you find it!)

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Weenie

Post subject: Re: Little dent in Ti Frame

Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 12:14 pm

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victorduraace

Post subject: Re: Little dent in Ti Frame

Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 12:46 pm

Joined: Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:10 pm
Posts: 138

No idea how this dent happened :noidea:

it was already on my frame when bought it and ridden like that 1.5 years
The buyer wants to be assured that this dent is not problematic
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mattr

Post subject: Re: Little dent in Ti Frame

Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 1:09 pm

Joined: Fri May 25, 2007 6:43 pm
Posts: 1862

I've got bigger dents than that on both my ti frames, and neither have caused an issue. (One is 15 or 16 years old, the other is a year younger.)

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Juanmoretime

Post subject: Re: Little dent in Ti Frame

Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 2:59 pm

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I've seen much worse damage from chain suck and ridden for years after. It's cosmetic so just ride it.

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jooo

Post subject: Re: Little dent in Ti Frame

Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 2:26 am

Joined: Wed Feb 02, 2011 3:48 am
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Many chainstays will be formed much more heavily than that dent too.

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Weenie

Post subject: Re: Little dent in Ti Frame

Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 2:26 am

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