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
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