Re: [RBW] Dent in Seat Stay of Saluki

2011-11-08 Thread Lyle Bogart
Yeah, Peter, I've put worse dings than that in my Rawland Drakkar fixed gear to no ill effect. Steel's wonderful that way! Enjoy the Saluki :) lyle On 8 November 2011 11:52, Peter M wrote: > So I recently acquired a used 58cm Saluki off the List here. I thought > that it would be a good choice

Re: [RBW] Dent in Seat Stay of Saluki

2011-11-08 Thread William
+1 for 'don't worry about that at all'. I just acquired a steel frameset in which the steel chainstay is squished so far that the tube walls meet in the middle. And that's the right chainstay. It's squished like that to maximize chainring clearance and tire clearance. It's not the way GP wou

Re: [RBW] Dent in Seat Stay of Saluki

2011-11-08 Thread CycloFiend
on 11/8/11 8:52 AM, Peter M at uscpeter11...@gmail.com wrote: > Here is a link for the pics I took of the > damage, just looking for opinions here. > http://www.flickr.com/photos/67889635@N06/?saved=1 > > Just really disappointed that i thought i was getting something I > could ride for a long tim

[RBW] Dent in Seat Stay of Saluki

2011-11-08 Thread Peter M
So I recently acquired a used 58cm Saluki off the List here. I thought that it would be a good choice because I love the classic look of the Homer but at $1200 shipped I would be able to save almost 1k. Seller insisted bike was perfect but when it came it had a ding in the downtube and a small dent