Track ends - newbie question - Craig David

OK. This is quite possibly a stupid question but here goes anyway.

Could I buy the track ends on the page below (RE1410), take my old road frame that has snapped ends to a local engineers and ask them to replace the ends with the new one's or is this a bad idea?
http://www.framebuilding.com/Frame%20Ends%202.htm

Is it some kind of craft, being able to replace ends? What is the worst that could happen?

This dude managed to do his ok, surely an engineering place would do it ok, and a damn site cheaper than a frame builders....
http://www.londonfgss.com/thread4000.html

Your best bet would be to contact Superted from Fixedgearlondon, he can put track ends onto most steel frames.

im doing this on a new frame ive just got.

hubjub have track ends and so do bikelugs.com

i still need to find someone to do the actually process of changing them though

i still need to find someone to do the actually process of changing them though

Your best bet would be to contact Superted from Fixedgearlondon, he can put track ends onto most steel frames.

sorted

I got a quote back from Rotrax, a frame builder local to me, and they quoted £200. WTF!

Yeah, the shit thing is I live in Southampton.

fuck 200 quid! surely thats a bit OTT

Ask at some local bike shops they may know someone who will help.

Yeah, the shit thing is I live in Southampton.

Are you Craig David?

I am Craig David. Good guess.

tell the frame builder that, he'll give you a discount

Or whack ya

Does anyone know what skill is need to replace the ends, appart from being able to braze?

Craig David isn't a cheapskate, he's a true honour to Britain.

Does anyone know what skill is need to replace the ends, appart from being able to braze?

And cutting, you'll need to cut off the old ends.

Not really, f I buy the RE1410 ones..

ask brucey, he loves welding shit.

ask brucey, he loves welding shit.

You can't weld shit. You need to use epoxy resin.

I got a quote back from Rotrax, a frame builder local to me, and they quoted £200. WTF!

I've spoken to that guy, he wanted £300+ for new track ends and a paint job on my old frame... I politely put the phone down, rolled my eyes back in my head and gurgled softly... He's 'avin' a larf!!!

If I were you I would get a job at Rotrax, then you can do it yourself.

You can't weld shit. You need to use epoxy resin.

We're all wondering how you know this about shit. Doing some tests for Tynan's anti-theft devices?

Bear in mind that for a road frame it's not quite as simple as just swapping the dropouts, the stays also need respacing to 120mm, so that would bump up the cost a little bit. £200 still sounds too much, though, unless it includes stripping and painting the whole frame?

I dunno if it's worth it. The frame I was considering getting it done on has snapped road ends, so I thought if I could get an engineering company to do it for under £50 then it would be worth it.

I will wait and see what the engineering company says.

i think edscoble paid £70 for superted to do his missus' ends (no pun intended)
maybe shoot him a PM.

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