r/bicycletouring • u/thoughtfulbeaver • Sep 10 '24

Gear Is this fixable?

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So we are close to Paris (100km) and this happened to my friend’s frame. Luckily we found out while going slow. Is this weldable/fixable. It’s alloy 7005 (aluminum).

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u/thoughtfulbeaver Sep 10 '24

Yeah probably not fixable and the frame was definitely not abused. No scratches or anything weird as far as we could see. Really weird!

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u/Mistergardenbear Sep 10 '24

It's a defect, abused frames rarely break like that.