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Bent Reynolds 531 Simplex stays at dropouts
I have just bought a Reynolds 531 Simplex bike frame and noticed the left chainstay and right seatstay look slightly bent at the dropouts. The right dropout appears to be incompletely inserted into ...
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Vertical mark on chainstay?
I bought a used 1990's steel bike the other day and have disassembled it for repainting. However I came across a small patch of missing paint on the drive-side chainstay, which had apparently been ...
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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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How to / is it possible to straighten a bent seatstay/chainstay on a steel frame? At home or inexpensively by a professional
I have a Genesis Croix de Fer 20 (725 Chromoly) and crashed with my friend on his bike. On one side the back of the frame bent out so the wheel drops out, it is bent but not crumpled.
I would like ...
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Frame with bottle cage boss ripped out - how serious is the damage?
I'm a huge fan of Greg Lemond so naturally when this frame showed up in my local Facebook page with just the frame and headset, no fork. I got very excited. The seller says that the bottle cage boss ...
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