Rippled frame tubes advice 😞( Zebra touring)
Ripple
Full 022
Ripple
Bulge under cluster
Paint crack on lug
The drop outs! \"I can't quit you!" LOL
Double front eyelets
Double water bottle basements, under/over dountube
last year I picked up a beautiful shiny Zebra(Kenko) "Tour de Force". Probably second tier tourer, maybe top, but it's a very cool bike.
Problem is when I got it home I found ripples on the top and down tubes behind the steerer, then yesterday I was re-evaluating it and found a bulge under the seat cluster?
Fork looks fine from a side view, it rides well, and if it were my only touring bike I might use it, but I have an embarrassment of nice tourers from the 80's and a need to down size, so it's got to go.
I'm stripping the frame for the components, to build up my fleet, but the frame, is it worth anything to anybody? It's full i****awa 022, including the fork, and it has these sweet vertical drop outs. I'm almost tempted to cut out the drop outs and have them for a future frame build...
Anyway pictures:
Full 022
Ripple
Bulge under cluster
Paint crack on lug
The drop outs! \"I can't quit you!" LOL
Double front eyelets
Double water bottle basements, under/over dountube
last year I picked up a beautiful shiny Zebra(Kenko) "Tour de Force". Probably second tier tourer, maybe top, but it's a very cool bike.
Problem is when I got it home I found ripples on the top and down tubes behind the steerer, then yesterday I was re-evaluating it and found a bulge under the seat cluster?
Fork looks fine from a side view, it rides well, and if it were my only touring bike I might use it, but I have an embarrassment of nice tourers from the 80's and a need to down size, so it's got to go.
I'm stripping the frame for the components, to build up my fleet, but the frame, is it worth anything to anybody? It's full i****awa 022, including the fork, and it has these sweet vertical drop outs. I'm almost tempted to cut out the drop outs and have them for a future frame build...
Anyway pictures: