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Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
12-15-22, 03:50 PM
Replies: 117
Views: 3,621
Posted By 3alarmer

...all you require for a new sleeve is a piece of...

...all you require for a new sleeve is a piece of aluminum alloy tubing, in an outer diameter that will fit into whatever the guy who reams the old one out decides to achieve. Aluminum alloy tubing...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
12-10-22, 05:15 PM
Replies: 117
Views: 3,621
Posted By 3alarmer

...once more, you don't really need a frame...

...once more, you don't really need a frame builder. Any machinist, in any machine shop, will instantly understand the required operation. But since you remain unconvinced, here is a cheap...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
12-09-22, 01:24 PM
Replies: 117
Views: 3,621
Posted By 3alarmer

...just as a clarification, the idea of shimming...

...just as a clarification, the idea of shimming a seat post to fit the tube is not unheard of. I do not know how you are measuring this (it's a difficult thing to measure accurately, down inside the...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
12-05-22, 11:40 PM
Replies: 117
Views: 3,621
Posted By 3alarmer

...looking for shim stock would not be my...

...looking for shim stock would not be my response, in the case of a new, custom frame. I would get it fixed by the guy who built it. I was considering brazing in a reinforcing insert sleeve in my...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
12-05-22, 11:32 PM
Replies: 117
Views: 3,621
Posted By 3alarmer

.... bought a used Independent Fabrication steel...

.... bought a used Independent Fabrication steel frame for like 25 bucks 4 or 5 years ago, with exactly this sort of failure beginning in the seat tube. Two hairline stress cracks running down in a...
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