Well I bought a frame from a person here on the website and it arrived today. I immediately begin building it up and was making pretty good progress...
Then I got to the point of running the chain. That's when I noticed something not good at all. Apparently the rear triangle had somehow gotten bent downward enough for the chain to hit the crossbar on the seat stay. There's a notch in it almost entirely through the metal...
I don't think the person I bought this from knew about the damage, so I don't blame them. My biggest question is now what? Can this frame be saved? will it continue to bend? Am I out of luck? I hope it can be rescued...I sold one of my own bikes to buy this frame, and it'll be some time before I can pony up enough money to get another...![Frown :( :(](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![crap1.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/bd4/bd4b913df03a2a8597c2c30f1236e467.jpg)
Then I got to the point of running the chain. That's when I noticed something not good at all. Apparently the rear triangle had somehow gotten bent downward enough for the chain to hit the crossbar on the seat stay. There's a notch in it almost entirely through the metal...
![crap2.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/28a/28a14560fec5bad4dbb5931ea942bde8.jpg)
![crap3.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/a55/a55206549c8cd4bd671fc0b79c7537e7.jpg)
![crap4.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/b75/b7586c0a1a2d265e980ca95b997a2aa4.jpg)
I don't think the person I bought this from knew about the damage, so I don't blame them. My biggest question is now what? Can this frame be saved? will it continue to bend? Am I out of luck? I hope it can be rescued...I sold one of my own bikes to buy this frame, and it'll be some time before I can pony up enough money to get another...