Steel Bike Frame Dent Repair

Steel and titanium frames will typically survive dents the best.

Steel bike frame dent repair. Our framebuilding seminars are a thorough introduction to the craft of bicycle frame building and provide an opportunity to experience the process firsthand working with the tools and materials of a professional builder. So if you dented the frame finish the ride but do so carefully. If it s an 86 the top tube o d. I have centurion cyclo cross 4000 bike.

But it only gets pushed partway out. Recently i got into an accident with a car door. My friend john schubert takes a stand. There s something immensely satisfying about watching something old and damaged get a new lease on life so take a few minutes to watch this video showing how to roll dents out of steel frame.

Aluminum titanium and carbon fiber frames are much more difficult to repair if they can be repaired at all. I used liquid steel and spot putty myself and managed a pretty good test by wacking the top tube handlebar dent good during assembly when the bike fell over. But it only gets pushed partway out. Carbon frames seldom dent they just snap.

You might stuff a steel rod down a seat tube or head tube to push the dent out. As a result i have a significant dent on my frame see the photos below. A steel frame can remain serviceable with dings dents and scratches which render a carbon fiber frame unsafe to ride. Aluminum frame tubes are typically larger but thinner so the dent will be more damaging.

I have two questions. You can do a fairly decent repair by rolling out the dent with frame tubing blocks then filling and fairing what s left of the dent with bondo. If it s an 86 the top tube o d.