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@HazBO
I'm a bit of a novice and I have just been told at my local bike shop that my reynolds 501 frame is 'dead', there is a the slightest of bends just below the butting between on the down tube where it meets the head tube. Can it be bent back or is it unsafe to ride? the guy in the shop(who i didn't seemed very bothered about it all and just wanted to give me quick answers? said that it would be unsafe to ride and could just snap. I don't want to scrap it as I'm really attached to it. I wnat to make it the frame for my first fixie but don't know whether it will be worth the effort as it probably needs a new paint job as well.