• Hello all, seeking advise before my trustly Lotus gets retired to the great scrapyard in the sky...

    After foolishly lending to a friend... It came back in a rather sorry (cracked) state... Fuck knows what happened there...

    Besides the cracks around the lug I presume the folk/steerer surely must be bent, though not super obvious from just viewing the bike side on? The top tube also shows a small amount of cracked paint on the top side, so I presume again must be very slightly bent/received a lot of stress from the crash, though not particularly visible and lug is still all sound.

    Basically wondering on repairability, even on a bodge, weld it up level? The bike is not really worth anything apart from in sentimental terms but I thought it was worth punt before it's condemned

    Any advice or interest from budding metal workers very welcome

    Cheers

  • Don't risk it . strip it for the parts.
    Keep the frame as a wall hanger or use it s a turbo trainer bike.

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