RedBaronX
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I was just outside fixing something on my bike when I noticed-- the downtube close to where it meets the fork tube is nearly cracked all the way through...!
This was a brand new bike four months ago, and I've only got about 300 or so miles on it.
It's an aluminum frame-- I bought the bike before I knew that bicycle engines even existed, so if I had been planning a MB from the start I would have gone with steel.
I could just cry-- I've put god knows how much money into this sucker, and I've barely ridden it (yes I consider 300 miles "barely" riding it). I started this as an alternative to taking the bus-- I've been without my car for over five months already, and I am $1600 away from affording the repairs it needs. When I started the MB project, I was actually leaning towards selling the car-- otherwise I probably would have skipped the project altogether. If I had, well, I would probably be able to finish paying off the repair by the end of November.
I wouldn't trust repairing the frame.
I am currently so broke, I am literally making a batch of cabbage soup.
Well, I guess this gives me an excuse to make something from a Worksman... just don't know when that's going to happen.
This was a brand new bike four months ago, and I've only got about 300 or so miles on it.
It's an aluminum frame-- I bought the bike before I knew that bicycle engines even existed, so if I had been planning a MB from the start I would have gone with steel.
I could just cry-- I've put god knows how much money into this sucker, and I've barely ridden it (yes I consider 300 miles "barely" riding it). I started this as an alternative to taking the bus-- I've been without my car for over five months already, and I am $1600 away from affording the repairs it needs. When I started the MB project, I was actually leaning towards selling the car-- otherwise I probably would have skipped the project altogether. If I had, well, I would probably be able to finish paying off the repair by the end of November.
I wouldn't trust repairing the frame.
I am currently so broke, I am literally making a batch of cabbage soup.
Well, I guess this gives me an excuse to make something from a Worksman... just don't know when that's going to happen.