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Donald Gillies
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I have a raleigh international, 1974, and the previous owner hit a car with it. The front fork is
bent but probably fixable, since it wasn't bench much. However, the top tube is gently rainbowed
near the headset and the nervex lug, the chromed ones on top, have some hairline cracks in the
chrome. signs of stress but probably not major.
I'm not worried about the fork because i did the same thing to my raleigh grand prix and it took a
second accident before the fork was unfixable - but still it never failed on me. however, can the
top tube be replaced on such a 531 steel bike at an affordable rate ?? who could do that for the
supposed $100 i saw quoted somewhere. I'm in southern CA and most builders down here would probably
charge a lot more. who specializes in such frame repairs, and if the lugs are pinned, how would that
be done ??
- Don [email protected] San Diego, CA
bent but probably fixable, since it wasn't bench much. However, the top tube is gently rainbowed
near the headset and the nervex lug, the chromed ones on top, have some hairline cracks in the
chrome. signs of stress but probably not major.
I'm not worried about the fork because i did the same thing to my raleigh grand prix and it took a
second accident before the fork was unfixable - but still it never failed on me. however, can the
top tube be replaced on such a 531 steel bike at an affordable rate ?? who could do that for the
supposed $100 i saw quoted somewhere. I'm in southern CA and most builders down here would probably
charge a lot more. who specializes in such frame repairs, and if the lugs are pinned, how would that
be done ??
- Don [email protected] San Diego, CA