itskohler

In a weird Murphys Law style of wreck on a fire road, I dented the top tube of my beloved Topstone. Its a small dent and I'm not qualified to say for certain whether or not it will fail. So, I intend to ride it until it either fails, or it gets in my head too much. I'd like to buy just a frame and fork then move my group and wheels over. Any companies to look at?

shoota 

I hear Cannondale makes a sick Topstone frame.

itskohler

Never heard of em, I'll have to give them a look

In all seriousness, if they sold the aluminum frameset I'd be all over it.

shoota 

What size are you riding?

itskohler

Large.

ronin4740

I dunno about Cannondale's warranty policy but it might be worth investigating whether they offer a partial discount to replace a crash damaged frame...

tangerineowl

Did you have it set up 1x or 2x ?

itskohler

I'm waiting to hear back from them.
1x Rival group.

GrainBrain

You'd think a frame wouldn't be too bad considering the whole Sora equipped bike is like $1200.

itskohler

I agree, hell mine was only 1000 and before they increased prices after demand went up. I doubt they have any frames exactly like mine left, and the new ones aren't quite the same color (silly, I know). I'm absolutely open to other framesets though.

shoota 

FWIW, I don't think that dent is going to cause any problems.

itskohler

I have zero experience in dented aluminum. The internet can be an exh chamber at times, so i plan on riding it as is. Eventually I'll get tired of seeing it and want to replace it. I really like buying bikes, the GF not so much. I kinda forgot to mention that I bought a new hardtail, and she sent me a picture of a bike box with COMMENCAL on the side, asking wtf I bough now haha.

GrainBrain

Oh I'm with ya on the color thing. This gives me nightmares because I ended up with the Topstone Carbon over the aluminum. I'll be very curious to hear how it goes with Cannondale. I've heard amazing things about how Trek would handle this (discount towards frameset/bike) vs Cannondale being not as gracious.

ronin4740

Depending on Cannondale's reply you might call one of the paintless dent repair car shops and see if they can pull the dent out... I imagine the answer will be "are you out of your ever loving mind???" but it's worth a try... I've had that done a couple of times on my car and watching the guy take door dings out of the side of my VW was pretty impressive.

itskohler

I winder if that would work. Im sure they could try, but structurally??

gus6464

Meh ride it till it snaps in half. That kinda dent is normal on alu mtbs and it's fine to ride. Trying to bend the dent back will actually make it worse because alu fatigue strength is poo.

itskohler

thats the plan! Taking it out for a spirited greenway ride thats right next to my house here in a bit.