Please tell me this dent is suppose to be there?
08-19-10, 03:23 PM
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Please tell me this dent is suppose to be there?
okay so my Ridley compact frame comes in today, as i look over it i found this. please tell me thats there for a reason.
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No, I don't think it's supposed to be there. Doesn't look that bad in the pictures, though. But since it's new, you should exchange it.
08-19-10, 03:32 PM
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It looks to me like it's there in the 8th pic of competitive cyclist's gallery. Cant think of what it's for. Clearance for some front derailers????
08-19-10, 03:38 PM
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for a clamp mounted front derailleur
08-19-10, 03:40 PM
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Well, the bike clearly takes clamp derailer, but why the dent? All my clamp on MTB derailers work well on perfectly round tubes. All I can figure is room for the parallelogram to get into small ring because of oversize seat tube. Still odd, though - seat tube doesn't look THAT big.
08-19-10, 03:46 PM
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Ridley needs to get some identifying graphics on that design element! Perhaps they're still working on finding a catchy name for it. 
Derailer Divot!
You heard it here first. Ridley, if y'all wanna use that, you can in exchange for a Compact with Rival, size medium, 100mm stem. Thx.
Derailer Divot!
You heard it here first. Ridley, if y'all wanna use that, you can in exchange for a Compact with Rival, size medium, 100mm stem. Thx.
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08-19-10, 03:59 PM
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I can't make it out on my display, but I did think it was probably for the clamp. Odds if it was a dent the paint would be chipping.
08-19-10, 04:04 PM
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My aluminum Lemond frame had it. Scared the snot out of me when I first noticed it. Clearance for the front derailleur.
08-19-10, 04:12 PM
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Yes your good many frames have it.
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This is the first time I have noticed something like this, I am going ot look over my bikes to see if they have something like this. But i'm sure you cant tell when the bikes are built up.
08-19-10, 04:28 PM
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yes, of course it is supposed to be there. It's for front derailleur clearance when you shift to the inside chainwheel. My Pinarello has it, too.
08-19-10, 04:52 PM
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I remember a friend in my cycling club totally panicking when he first saw the little drainage hole located below the bottom bracket on the bottom of his frame.
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That is a nice frame. Even with the dent... 
I've seen of the FD indentations from other Ridleys and yours is not as pronounced as some of the ones I've seen.
I've seen of the FD indentations from other Ridleys and yours is not as pronounced as some of the ones I've seen.