[Closed] Downtube dent? Will I die?

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The crease would worry me.

Mmm, I would be tempted to ride it until it starts creaking......creaking lets you know a cracks developed I suppose or as a safery wrap several layers of duct tape round it so even if it does snap it will still be held together of sorts.

you will eventually. 🙂

I'd be too paranoid to ride that.

It might last a while, it might die next ride. I tend to go for the worst case scenario....

I'd ride that & not worry about it.

Wouldn't bother me, keep on riding.

Wouldn't bother me either.

I'd ride it, its a battle scar to be proud of!

My bike has got a similar but slightly smaller ding in the same location and I discovered a few weeks ago a big dent on the chainstay, presumably from a chainsuck incident before it went singlespeed.

Well, you can take some solace from the fact that it was worth very little beforehand owing to its incorrect wheel size. Of course it's now utterly worthless to sell, so you may as well keep it. It might be a bit weaker in that spot, and it might snap there, although it'll almost certainly give some warning before it does. I would ride that without fear. Forget about it.

I suppose or as a safery wrap several layers of duct tape round it so even if it does snap it will still be held together of sorts.

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Consensus strongly in the keep riding camp. That I shall do. Also very impressed wrong wheelsize already got a mention. Thanks everyone for the input.

Intense also impressively replied (within an hour) to my email and said keep riding, but keep an eye on it.

I'd ride that but inspect it regularly.

I had a similar one in my old Kona dawg for years was fine

Intenses are possibly a bit thinner tho

Hmm - what about getting one of those small dent removal kits that you get for cars?

Car bodies are usually steel. That's alloy and it doesn't take well to being worked cold (I think). Pushing the dent out would make it worse.

If youd seen the state of 1st genrrstion Trek sessions that would'nt bother you. The dt's looked like a coke csnthst had been attacked eith a peening hammer. Most are still going.

Down tubes are under tension, wouldn't bother me in the slightest, bung a sticker on it and it's sorted.

+1 for duct tape as a backup. But I'd be checking it before and after every ride.

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Down tubes are under tension

All of the time?

I have two frames with downtime dents. It really is fine.

NB - I have no idea what I am talking about and if you do die I take no responsibility for anything at all - but you probably won't so keep going.

Bike frames are deliberately dented on the insides of the chainstays to make space for the wheels. As long as the dent is smooth and even, it won't matter.

My Intense Uzzi VP has a few dents like that in the same area. The only problems it's caused is that no-one wants to buy the bugger. It's been ridden hard since and has given not a moment's cause for concern.

The ultimate solution to the problem, if you ride in areas full of loose rock is to ride steel frames. My Rocket and my BFe have some paint chips round there - that's it. Every ally frame I've had has ended up looking beaten to crap.

I have 2 huge dents- way bigger than the photos above - on the downtube of my Liteville - been there over 18 months - it'll be fine 🙂

Down tubes are under tension

All of the time?

Yes unless you're slamming into a tree forks first, otherwise you couldn't make a bike with a wire for a downtube like that one eh?

Only need a new sticker in a matching colour. And some means of distracting your imagination - try whistling?

...slamming into a tree forks first

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