What to do with Broken RTS

[stu76]

I've got a broken RTS frame, cracked above the top pivot and an the downtube.

I really cant bring myself to throw this away but it's beyond repair and taking up space.

Any ideas beofore it's recycled into Coke cans?

 

[boxxer]

Do you still have the back end...

 

[shovelon]

Nice. Were you riding it when it broke? :shock:

 

[stu76]

No I wasn't thankfully, but the guy I got it off was... I dont think he was injured, but gutted about the frame!!

 

[MikeD]

Penholder from the BB area. Park-style loo roll holder from the head tube. Unless you've got a door that needs a big long pull-handle made from the top tube, with head tube at one end and pierced seat tube bit at the other, that'd be ace mounted vertically.

 

[stu76]

Sorry boxxer, missed your question. Yeah ive got the back end, i'm waiting for a front triangle to crop up so i can build it up.

I like the door handle suggestion, i dont think my wife would appeciate it on the living room door though ;] hmm pen holder from the bb, that may be a goer

 

[alanf]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-GT-RTS-2- ... 0339298263

too big?

 

[stu76]

Good spot alanf, I'll keep an eye on that.
Definitely not too big, perfect in fact. I'd imagine there'll be a fair amount of interest in it..

 

[ishaw]

Front end for an RTS

I have a couple of front ends, I guess I could bear to part with one of them. One I bought off eBay a month or so ago, the other I got when I bought a job-lot of RTS rear ends. One is purple and a 97 I believe, the other is black and a 94 I think. The black one has a mark on the top-tube but I think this is only down to the metal and not a dent, though difficult to tell for certain. I also have my original RTS-2 with a steel rear end, but this has started to crack where the rocker pivot is mounted to the frame. This can be welded, I just have not got around to doing it. I read on a forum somewhere that someone had a mate who used to add these mounts every season so it is def. possible.

Anyway, just putting that out there.

Here is one I made earlier - GT Team RTS.

Ian

 

[stu76]

Thanks Ian, PM sent about the frames.

I like your RTS build, looks great. I've just finished my first RTS project

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=54908

I've not managed to get as much High end kit on it as you though! Maybe next time.