Dented chainstay (with pics) - is my frame a goner?

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  • Had a crash a few nights ago involving a bus (not the buses fault, nor mine. In fact, we'll blame Miche for this one - but that's another story. Don't buy their stuff).

    I've cleaned up my frame that I, initally, thought had survived but now I've found a few dents in the non drive side chainstay - probably going to take it to a shop to get looked at anyway, but what do you guys think? Is this fatal?

    My initial thoughts are that, with great sadness, my beloved Cannondale Capo may have seen its last.

    A load of pics and a video at the link here, with a little preview below.

    https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18euUIliqbqc3OwtomrgkizO-Ie8km6p4?usp=sharing

    Drive side for comparison:

  • Personally, I'd be wary of the structural integrity of anything that's been run over by a bus. Cannondale aluminium can be quite thin in places, any dent isn't good. Saying that, people on here have ridden waaaaay worse than that and lived.

    Why is there loads of oxidisation around the track end welds?

  • Yeah. Post accident, I’m feeling quite paranoid.

    As for the oxidisation, not quite sure. A lot of it was there when I first got the frame several years back.

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Dented chainstay (with pics) - is my frame a goner?

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