Author Topic: cracked frame (Read 1036 times)

snooze · « **on:** October 11, 2010, 06:28 PM »

I have a crack that goes right around my eat post tube right under the seat clamp. I spoke to a guy who says they have to cut off the top and weld a seat clamp to it. does anyone on here know of another way of getting this done in London? I don'r want my seatclamp welded $:-\$

snooze · « **Reply #1 on:** October 13, 2010, 01:13 PM »

here it is.
you can see the shim is poking out at the top of the seatpost tube

fischflo · « **Reply #2 on:** October 13, 2010, 02:21 PM »

I had a similar case, had the seat tube replaced and glad I've done it that way. Someone here can surely recommend you a good shop for this in/around London

MartyC · « **Reply #3 on:** October 13, 2010, 05:00 PM »

There are a couple of good people here that can do that for you, Sawzall springs to mind first (legend at fixing the unfixable) and there are a couple of other posted in the Technical stickies section.

Try sending Phil (Sawzall) a PM to see if he can help

snooze · « **Reply #4 on:** October 13, 2010, 06:20 PM »

Thanks for the advice I'll check out these leads, I didn't know you could replace the seat post tube.
I'm new to this site so not so sure how to use it, I had a look for Phil Sawzall's info in the section mentioned but can't seem to find it. Does anyone have any contact details for this man?
Thanks again for the help