Green QB with a funny paint crack on the top tube: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/3724839654/
Just started developing sometime this Spring after having the bike for several years. No crashes, hard hits, just regular riding (including trails, potholes and curbs, but never hitting them hard). I ride pretty lightly, so don't think it's been damaged. Anyone? DE On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 12:57 PM, R Gonet <[email protected]>wrote: > > Mine is orange and it, too, has such a gap between the lug and > downtube. Actually, it looks like a flaw in the brazing. I filled it > with clear nail polish to keep it from collecting water and > corroding. The paint job on this bike is very thin, so that the edges > of the lugs are darker because of less paint, and some areas are > darker than others, presumably where the paint is thinner. I got this > bike used and it rides well, but had I purchased it new for full > price, I would have returned it. I have a Hilsen with a nice paint > job and there is no comparison. The paint on the QB is not great > advertising for Riv bikes. > > On Jul 15, 12:10 pm, Esteban <[email protected]> wrote: > > My QB (orange - got it used) has a little paint gap in between the lug > > and downtube -- it looks like a paint imperfection to me and I've > > never worried about it. I'll post a photo if I get around to it. > > > > Esteban > > San Diego, Calif. > > > > On Jul 15, 8:10 am, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I've seen frames crack there, even when they haven't been crashed. Any > > > lug area can be overheated and weakened during brazing if the person > > > doing the brazing isn't careful. The lug-edge is a stress riser, and > > > if the metal is brittle from overheating, it may not take much out-of- > > > the-ordinary stress (heavier rider, bumpy roads, riding off a curb, > > > etc) to start some cracks forming. Often these cracked frames are > > > ridden for 20+ years before the problem becomes obvious, but it would > > > make me nervous every time I went for a ride. > > > > > On Jul 14, 7:16 pm, Kelly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I bought my new Quickbeam several weeks ago and I love it. However, > > > > while building it up I noticed a few hairline cracks in the paint > > > > under the top head lug. This is weird, as the rest of the bike is in > > > > perfect condition. The cracks are raised from the surface of the > > > > paint and are like little ridges. So the question, should I be > > > > worried? > > > > > > Here is a pic: > > > > > >http://tiny.cc/CCrye > > > > > > or here: > > > > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/31296...@n07/3722235822/in/set-721576196... > > > > > > You can also see some other pictures of the completed bike. > > > > > > Thanks, Kelly. > > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, scientist guy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
