Marin Team Titanium 1990! Fixable?

[Markybeau]

@staffy may be able to shed some light on this

 

[retrobikeguy]

Pass.

Simply it's an insurance write off, wait a bit longer.

 

[gtturbo]

Someone fancied it. Looks like it's sold.

Edit - Looks like it's relisted although the original listing did come up as sold in my eBay app.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304928456994

 

[d8mok]

Contact Vernon Barker cycles. Get an opinion on how/if it can be repaired.

Honestly don’t do that.

Vernon has retired a while ago and his Ti welding was truly awful in appearance.

The new owners I don’t believe weld.

Enigma is your only option in the UK for it done correctly. I looked into it on a cracked Ti Rock lobster frame I had. Wasn’t worth it in the end.

 

[Dr Dremel]

Pass.

Simply it's an insurance write off, wait a bit longer.

Agreed. It´s probably worth the asking price after repairs.

 

[Dr Dremel]

Honestly don’t do that.

Vernon has retired a while ago and his Ti welding was truly awful in appearance.

The new owners I don’t believe weld.

Enigma is your only option in the UK for it done correctly. I looked into it on a cracked Ti Rock lobster frame I had. Wasn’t worth it in the end.

As mentioned above, @staffy´s Prometheus rescue was very impressively done by Coal Bicycles:

https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads...metheus-part-6-first-ride.453183/post-3333068

 

[carnell]

Thank you all, that gives me some helpful pointers!

 

[otherself]

Some guy on cyclechat forum had a cracked Moots mtb frame (seat tube above BB) and Enigma were charging £275 for the repair.

 

[synchronicity]

Welds a bit ugly, I'd pass

 

[staffy]

I reckon it’s doable, half the work of the Prometheus. Assuming the top tube is 1-1/4 then a repair piece / seat tube insert from Paragon Machine works will do the job or just replace the whole top tube.

I am tempted but it’s too big for me