How the fudge has this happened?! Poorly GT Lightning

[TreaderSteve]

Er, eh, what?! How has the (titanium) chainstay been 'rubbed' through like that? Deliberately use a loose-spoked wheel and attach some tungsten blades to the rim and enjoy hearing it grate through? I've seen tyre rub...odd...just odd...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/23580809...CassiniEmbRecall&_trksid=p2332490.c101224.m-1

 

[greencat]

Too wide a tyre would be my guess. That or riding home on a busted wheel.

 

[Ed74]

Stupidity would be my guess.

 

[grantoury]

Or did someone think they could make room for a tyre with a file? It looks deliberate.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Was it to let the voices out?

 

[novocaine]

Was it to let the voices out?

shhhhh, they'll hear you and put the price up even further for what is now a collection of titanium tubes that sort of look like a bike.

the stay has cracked, it might be repairable, but really it's a wall hanger now. it's not worth that price.

 

[TreaderSteve]

Stupidity: fairly regularly I'll hear another cyclist braking - not using brake blocks, but the metal once all the block has long-since gone. Steel + ally, grating away in a beautifully metallic harmony. Divs

 

[Russell]

Still wants €500 though.

At what point are we we going to have a sensible conversation about the price of all this old tat.

 

[Gtpulse]

Wheel dished incorrectly to one side and some mud? Unlikely but could the frame be misaligned?