Free: Susie Frame

[Benjamin Park]

This size L Susie frame fell off a rack on the highway. Top and down tube are obviously broken but rear triangle and head tube seem fine. Free if you pay for shipping.

[iamkeith]

Gosh, what a bummer.  So sorry that happened, and hope insurance will make you whole.  This does seem to illustrate the down-side to fillet/tig construction and curved tubes.  I imagine that it will be difficult to repair.   Unless it's just too painful, I'd love to see some close-up shots of the fillet joints on the damaged tubes, to see how they faired and to understand their limitations/strengths better.  Trying to make lemonade, I guess. 

[Kainalu V. -Brooklyn NY]

Echoing Keith with “bummer”, but I gotta say I can’t see any downsides to fillet brazing here. The steel tore alongside the fillet. The fact that it’s actually torn and not cracked there is as much proof as I’d need to have trust in the bronze union. That said, I’d love to see some closeups as well, if it’s not too heart wrenching to post…

-Kai

[Benjamin Park]

[R. Alexis]

Benjamin,

Do you still have the Susie frame and fork? 

Thanks,

Reginald Alexis

[Pam Bikes]

If you still have it, my friend offered to build me a tall bike and I could use it for that.

[Brian Forsee]

Ohhhhhh a Riv tall bike. Woowee that sounds fun! At the risk of derailing this thread i'll share a photo of my tall bike from a few years back. Hopefully it shows up ok. I couldn't dig up the original so I screen cap'd it.

[Pam Bikes]

Here's a couple of bikes my friend has made.  It would be epic w/a Riv!