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How many years an aluminium frame lasts in a touring bike?
How long does an aluminium frame lasts in a touring bike?
[Removed extra questions to be clear.]
Background
So far I preferred aluminium vs. steel for many reasons, but if steel lasts significantly ...
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Is it possible to repair a dent on an aluminium frame?
I have Centurion Cyclo Cross 4000 bike. Recently I got into an accident with a car door. As a result I have a significant dent on my frame(see the photos below).
I have two questions:
Is it possible ...
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Is my derailleur hanger too bent?
I bent the (steel) derailleur hanger on my 9spd cassetted (steel) Bianchi Volpe about 1.5 yrs ago, and I just did it again, but worse. This time the derailleur got sucked into the wheel and really did ...
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Bending back a bent head tube - is it worth trying?
I have a bike that was in a major front end collision (I T-boned a car). The frame is steel and the bike bent at the head tube, the welds seem to be fine. Pictures below.
I am fully aware the ...
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How long will this alum frame last?
I picked up this very cool 96-97 GT rage from Craigslist with the intention of restoration- a few rusty pinch bolts, spider eggs in the brake hoods, grinding bearings and pitted races, and all the ...
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What caused this seat clamp / frame failure?
Here's my "long distance" ride, which is an old steel MTB without suspension.
I picked it up by the saddle to move it and felt some play, I thought the saddle rails might have been loose, ...
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How can I repair carbon damage near my bottom bracket?
I have had a few gnarly chain-drops that ate at my Open U.P. carbon frame. I thought I just had some chips in the carbon, but today I removed my crank for a full bike clean and realized that the ...
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Can this damage to my brake mounts be repaired?
So, I tried to take some brakes off of a bicycle to change my old-style callipers with V-brakes; the results were not good.
One of the "heads" or "lugs" was so caught in brake itself that I managed ...
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What's the strongest way to bond a cable stop to an aluminum frame?
I recently picked up another well loved GT road bike frame- it's in great shape aside from a missing downtube cable stop. The model is a ZR 4000 probably from 1999, it's 7005 heat treated aluminum. My ...
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Is torque relevant for steel/aluminium? Where do I find torque specs?
When you are not dealing with carbon, is torque relevant?
I've never seen it mentioned on the hundreds of answers here, or the hundreds of how-tos I've read elsewhere.
Should I just tighten ...
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My chainstays have been eaten by rust, can something be done?
I hope you are all safe and sound and your Christmas time is at least decent in these pandemic times.
The other day I decided to give a good clean to my steel city bicycle and I removed the stand, ...
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Vibrations in frame when pedaling
Recently, when I pedal sufficiently hard, I begin to feel vibrations through the whole frame of the bike. They are not so strong as to make the bike un-ridable, but neither are they road chatter. I ...
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