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Old July 14th 03, 07:29 PM
mark freedman
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Default Warning - Mikado (ProCycle, Canada) Frame Fiasco (IMO Bad design)

Benjamin Weiner wrote in message ...
mark freedman wrote:

Mikado has a sloping top tube design which leaves the top
2" of the seat tube completely unsupported (not sure if the


seatmast design and don't crack. It is possibly just a poorly made
joint (overheated during brazing?) If you post a link to a picture


I'd have to get the joint and tube cut apart and analyzed.
If they've placed the joint on the thin portion of the butted tubing,
that might contribute to the flexing. A friend had a Colnago downtube
crack just around the start of the butted portion (where the cable
stops are).

No digital camera, may shoot 35 mm and pay for a Kodak PictureCD.


the post below the toptube-seattube junction. If the seatpost is

only inserted 5cm into the mast section of the seattube it might cause


5" = 5 INCHES. Sorry if " does not mean inches everywhere.

The end of the seatpost extends 1.5" (INCHES) below the bottom of
the top tube joint.

Mikado's website uses FlashPlayer (?) so I don't seem able to clip
the URL.:-(

The following URL shows the Radisson, which seems to use the OXII
frame and geometry, and has a nice close up of the seattube toptube
seatstay joints.



http://www.brauns.com/gc/gc_item.exe...32236468825859
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