Bit of a short ride today. Got to Richmond Park on my mountain bike, to go up to the boat race and thought "this bike feels weird" but put it down to riding my road bike more.
Well, when I got into the park I thought I'd get off and check the frame ...
See that black line, that'll be a crack that will. Goes right into the weld and around the down tube. A bit of a cautious bike ride home.
So, that'll be one new frame needed. A couple of questions, do Kona do a lifetime warranty on their frames?! Is it worth rebuilding this with all the parts, or should I be looking at getting a new bike? The shocks haven't been serviced in 6 years and everything else is reasonably well used. Hmm, decisions <checks bank balance> ...
"elyob" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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So, that'll be one new frame needed. A couple of questions, do Kona do a lifetime warranty on their frames?!
If it's not lifetime it may be 15 or 20 years so worth asking them and they might swap it for you anyway to try and find out what went wrong with it. -- peter
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On 07/04/2007 16:34, elyob said,
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See that black line, that'll be a crack that will. Goes right into the weld and around the down tube. A bit of a cautious bike ride home.
You *rode* home with a crack like that?
Yeah .. it was a couple of miles, but I thought that as long as I was riding at a speed I was prepared to fall of at ... I did ponder about calling for help, but it had made it there under some stress ...
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"Paul Boyd" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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On 07/04/2007 16:34, elyob said,
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See that black line, that'll be a crack that will. Goes right into the weld and around the down tube. A bit of a cautious bike ride home.
You *rode* home with a crack like that?
Yeah .. it was a couple of miles, but I thought that as long as I was riding at a speed I was prepared to fall of at ... I did ponder about calling for help, but it had made it there under some stress ...
Maybe brave, maybe stupid 😉
No, I bet most other cyclists are also like me. "We have to get home" - we're very good at it. I can recall many instances where your average motorist would have boke down sobbing/ wailing / knashing his railings and died or least moaned a lot. Cyclists is tougher - a lot tuffer.
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"elyob" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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"Paul Boyd" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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On 07/04/2007 16:34, elyob said,
> See that black line, that'll be a crack that will. Goes right into the > weld and around the down tube. A bit of a cautious bike ride home.
You *rode* home with a crack like that?
Yeah .. it was a couple of miles, but I thought that as long as I was riding at a speed I was prepared to fall of at ... I did ponder about calling for help, but it had made it there under some stress ...
Maybe brave, maybe stupid 😉
No, I bet most other cyclists are also like me. "We have to get home" - we're very good at it. I can recall many instances where your average motorist would have boke down sobbing/ wailing / knashing his railings and died or least moaned a lot. Cyclists is tougher - a lot tuffer.
I was sobbing/wailing/knashing ... it was a thousand pound bike.
However, I was, and am still; preparing the burial/rebirth of the bike.
I don't name my bikes, but I'll miss this one. An alternative will have to be great. Can anyone point me to the eBay area to get a good frame?
If not, can I go to the local tip and pick up a steel frame to rebuild my touring bike?
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elyob said:
I was sobbing/wailing/knashing ... it was a thousand pound bike.
But not for the frame alone, surely. You should be able to salvage everything but the diamond to go into your spare parts box.
Yes, but everything else I've pretty much changed over those six years! So, it'll pretty much be a new bike once I get a new frame. This is my current thought, check ebay and LBS for any frames at the back of the stockroom. Clean everything when moving stuff across. I guess brake & gear cables will need to be rebuilt for different style frame? I really liked the riding position of the Kona frame though.
