Good morning Comrades.
I have an old (25+ years) Marin Nail Trail who's been sitting idle in the garage for far too long.
I took her to a friend and asked him to go through it bolt by bolt to restore her to her former glory with a view to using her again as I once did, mountain biking in the Peak District, NYMs and Yorkshire Dales.
Luckily (?) before he'd started to strip the bike down he discovered a 3" crack in the frame at the headstock tube (if that's the right phrase). It's a deep crack, almost certainly right the way through the frame.
It's a real shame as she's got Deore components and I'm advised by my mate, who's a cycling enthusiast, that the wheels are top quality for their day and that the bike is an excellent piece of kit.
That said, the bottom bracket bearings are knackered and the chain ring shifter no longer works and needs replacing.
So, do I:-
A) Get the frame fixed and spend the money to get the bike sorted,
B) Remove what's reusable, buy a new frame and (get my mate to) build a new bike
Or
C) Call it a day and buy a new/secondhand bike?
I plan on using the bike for riding the small roads, tracks and gravel lanes locally and also for bimbling with the wife around the local villages but would also like to do some more serious stuff occasionally.
Is it possible to fix the frame? I think it's an old 700 frame?
Buying 2nd hand seems like a good option, I've been looking on Gumtree and Ebay but don't want anything that's stolen and most of the bikes advertised on those 2 sites just look a little bit dodgy.
Unfortunately I couldn't have picked a worse time to decide to reignite my interest in this type of cycling but my local bike shop does have one of these available at 0% interest in my size (not XL)
https://winstanleysbikes.co.uk/gian...D_BwE#giant-toughroad-slr-1-2020-bike-x-large
So, what to do?
Thank you in advance for any feedback.
I have an old (25+ years) Marin Nail Trail who's been sitting idle in the garage for far too long.
I took her to a friend and asked him to go through it bolt by bolt to restore her to her former glory with a view to using her again as I once did, mountain biking in the Peak District, NYMs and Yorkshire Dales.
Luckily (?) before he'd started to strip the bike down he discovered a 3" crack in the frame at the headstock tube (if that's the right phrase). It's a deep crack, almost certainly right the way through the frame.
It's a real shame as she's got Deore components and I'm advised by my mate, who's a cycling enthusiast, that the wheels are top quality for their day and that the bike is an excellent piece of kit.
That said, the bottom bracket bearings are knackered and the chain ring shifter no longer works and needs replacing.
So, do I:-
A) Get the frame fixed and spend the money to get the bike sorted,
B) Remove what's reusable, buy a new frame and (get my mate to) build a new bike
Or
C) Call it a day and buy a new/secondhand bike?
I plan on using the bike for riding the small roads, tracks and gravel lanes locally and also for bimbling with the wife around the local villages but would also like to do some more serious stuff occasionally.
Is it possible to fix the frame? I think it's an old 700 frame?
Buying 2nd hand seems like a good option, I've been looking on Gumtree and Ebay but don't want anything that's stolen and most of the bikes advertised on those 2 sites just look a little bit dodgy.
Unfortunately I couldn't have picked a worse time to decide to reignite my interest in this type of cycling but my local bike shop does have one of these available at 0% interest in my size (not XL)
https://winstanleysbikes.co.uk/gian...D_BwE#giant-toughroad-slr-1-2020-bike-x-large
So, what to do?
Thank you in advance for any feedback.