Steel Bicycle Frame Repair
Besides bike accidents the greatest enemy a steel frame may face is corrosion you needn t worry about this much if you ride an aluminum carbon fiber or titanium frame but if yours is steel if.
Steel bicycle frame repair. With traditional steel bicycle frames almost every failure can be rectified and usually at a moderate rate making steel frame repair a straightforward and economical alternative to frame replacement. We also repair and modify steel frames and offer a full range of mechanical service. Repair of a cracked steel bianchi frame. This is by far the thinnest wall thickness tubing i ve welded.
No material has been used longer or most consistently in the bicycle industry. Other repairs to steel frames include. A steel frame usually bends first giving a warning rather than unexpectedly breaking apart. A welder anywhere in the world can perform a repair perhaps ugly but safe on a steel frame which is damaged so it can t simply be straightened.
The worst dent was at the top of the seat stays. This video is to show you that in some cases you can fix the frame instead of discarding it. Bottom bracket frame repair. We handbuild custom steel bicycle frames for a variety of cycling disciplines primarily in traditional styles.
Of all modern frame building materials steel is the classic. In addition to fabricating beautiful handmade bicycle frames bantam bicycle works is happy to help you with all of your frame repair restoration and modification needs. We can undertake any repair on steel frames from the renewal of cracked or corroded bosses up to the replacement of tubes check out the before and after gallery of this poor mkm frame right. 30 reviews of mikkelsen bicycle frame repairs painting brazons bernie repaired my hopelessly dented ritchey breakaway steel frame bike in 4 places after an attempted robbery.
Working around the brazed on reinforcement ring on the bottom of the head tube was also a. Bronze welding of cracked bottom bracket shells and lugs. Bicycle frame repair at yellow jersey everything has some measurable rate of failure. I was worried that.
Whether you want to add a gaggle of braze ons to your old steel frame to make it more utilitarian need to replace that cracked top tube on your vintage italian racing bike or add s s couplers we are here for you. Over the past three decades we have modified repaired and restored hundreds of steel frames and parts from an 1880s victor victoria tandem to a turn of the century iver johnson to modern stainless steel race bikes.