[flyingcod]

All very nice, all this cycle chat has got me inspired so I've been out last two nights marking out my 10km and 9miles runs, love doing dk's over kerbs.

fc

[nikosg]

picked up my 'beast' this morning...

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=11...=846820482

haha yup... "beast"

now to sand this baby back and get rid of all that rust!

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its actually the same frame as that bike i posted in the very first post of this thread... japanese made they are.
so it has potential so dont write it off just yet

[steve-o]

you gotta score those trispoke rims nik... they're hawt!

[ez-1]

Post finally delivered my bike. I think I have to leave a bit earlier from office today

[Shellshock]

Nice little project for you there Nikos, keep us updated on the progress. If there is any, I currently have at least 3 err..."projects" on the go.

[nikosg]

Just spent two hours today trying to get the seatpost and forks and headstem out.... Only got the seatpost out lol think the headstem has rusted and fused to the fork so gonna have to work hard to somehow separate them.

Worst comes to worst I'll have to hacksaw them apart and source some other parts.

Don't worry SS I'll keep posting pics. Hopefully will have it powdercoated within 3 or 4 weeks...

[Shellshock]

Stick the whole thing updside down in a bench vice, with the stem in the jaws. Some WD40 down the end of the fork's steerer tube might help here. Grip the seat-tube and headtube and swing like a motherfucker. Failing that, a big soft faced mallet and a blowtorch are your friends!*

*Shellshock will in no way be deemed responsible when you set fire to your workshop or crush one of you own fingers

[Big J]

Nice disclaimer Shellshock.

Where there's blame there's a claim!

[nikosg]

i think its either fused at the wedge inside the tube, and its definetely fused at the top near the thread of the forks and the headstem... mite take some quality soaking in a molasses? bath or something (apparently acts like an acid bath).

used a heap of WD40 and no luck so far lol.... could take a few weeks of hard labour!

[Big J]

Run over it with a van or summat. That'll do the job.

[Whisky-Ace]

Well i found another Bike i think i will buy...
This is it:

[ez-1]

Looks great Ace! That's carbon frame is it? And some Sram XX parts?
Got my Cannondale Rush 3 Carbon yesterday and this is what I found:

Almost posted this to blood boil thread, but this just might turn much better than I hoped for.
Cannondale dealer told me this frame is done and needs to be replaced. Fortunately sender took insurance for transport and if everything goes like in the movies then I'm going to get a brand new frame.
Similar new one costs around 2-3000€

[Shellshock]

Huh? Frame on the Specialized is alloy isn't it? Sweet bike Whiskey, although not burly enough for my style of riding

And damn e-z! Is that how it was delivered?!? Looks like a brake lever's been banging against it during transit, we used to see it all the time.

[ez-1]

That's how it came out from the box. It could be break lever, but it's a bit too low for that. That's the lower pipe of the frame.

[Shellshock]

Yeah but pretty much all bikes tend to be boxed from the factory with the handle bars/stem cable-tied to the side of the frame. If they've not been secured/packed well they take chunks out of your top or down tube, depending on the frame's front triangle configuration. Regardless of how it happened, if that's how it turned up then I'd be on the phone demanding a new bike or at the very least some hefty discount.