Fixing alloy road frames??

Posted on Wed 30th, March 2011

• #1

sheathy

Hi guys,

Just wondering if anyone can, or anyone knows someone that can fix an alloy road bike frame. It is made by principia out of 7020 (i think) alloy tubes. Some prat left a pretty nasty set of dents and a bend in the seat tube when my friend took it in to a bike shop for them to remove a jammed crank. So i was just wondering if this is fixable or maybe a new seat tube could be welded in?Let me know what you think!

Cheers
• #2

CowHen

Go to bike shop and make them pay for repair/replacement, don't stand for shoddy workmanship. Alloy is notoriously difficult to repair and would require new paint job too, you may need to replace it.

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