you bend it you mend it!!

Post by **masterofinsanity** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:55 pm

looking through some old pics tonight and came across these...

after a bit of hammering a soldering we got it to look like this ..........

Post by **hciR** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:59 pm

Bloody hell did that in proper, at least you know the welding's good as it cracked the frame to the side of it!

The Pole · Post by **The Pole** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 11:36 pm

The metal would crack to the side of the weld as the weld material is stronger than the original in most cases. cracks follow the line of least resistance. that one is right on the edge of the 'heat affected zone' which is always the weakest point, where the original material has been heated enough to change its mechanical properties.

how did you manage to bend that then?

RedexRobB · Post by **RedexRobB** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:33 am

April fools was 21 days ago Baz. Who's old bike is that that got bent up?

Post by **masterofinsanity** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 9:15 am

its the one rob636 bought to rebuild before he bought yours.