I would agree that the cost of repairs is high if the frame in question was a stock, in production frame. The Quickbeam however is a fairly rare bird and I would argue that it has no contemporary in the current market, especially in this larger size (66-68 cm). I bet the cost of the repair would be less than a new custom frame built around the same Quickbeam specs. In the end, the custom option might not have the same ride quality of the Quickbeam you are trying to replace. This is possible with the repair as well but there are far fewer variables.
With regards to brazing quality on these frames, I own a 64cm orange and I can see gaps where the brazing material does not fill the lug to the shoreline. This is visible on the head tube downtube joint (downtube socket), and the bottom bracket (seat tube socket). Both areas are about 1cm in width at the shoreline. The DT/HT joint appears to have more filler closer to the shoreline than the one at the BB. FWIW Christian Berkeley, CA On Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 11:33:39 AM UTC-7, S wrote: > > I agree, although I can understand why someone might have a sentimental > attachment to a frame. In any case, I am curious about exactly how much the > repair will cost. > > On Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 12:01:21 PM UTC-7, Joe Bernard wrote: >> >> Gotta say, I don't see the point. Those are cool frames, but spending as >> much or more than the original frame cost is a little nuts to me. It's new >> frame time! > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/7fab63e2-4b06-44d9-b329-5b9d436993f7%40googlegroups.com.
