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Do you think this is possible to repair? Its a Kona Minute.
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Is it steel? If not, probably not. But I'm no expert
Its an Aluminium Kona Minute
eRRRmmmm hell no, not on a weld join. personally I would bin or have a massive plate welded onto it if possible.
but then I'm no eggspurt neither.
I was given the frame by a mate and thought worth investigating if it could be fixed. Maybe I'll just use a couple of zip ties for now!!
Of course it [i]can[/i] be fixed, whether it will ever be as strong or good as before is entirely dependant on [i]how[/i] it's fixed, and whether its cost effective to do it properly is an entirely different matter!
Not worth the bother in my opinion, a bodge fix might hold for short while under light duty, but I wouldn't think it'd last long without proper repair with any appropriate pre and post-weld heat treatments for the specific type of Alu used etc.