I was cleaning and tearing down my bike today and noticed a nice size dent right near the BB shell, it seems to be from a rock getting kicked up. It's a decent sized dent but its hard to tell if it's all the way through the downtube.
Pics:
if you click on the pics to make them big it looks like there are tiny cracks but I'm pretty sure it's just the paint cracking from the depression, but I'm not 100% sure
One of the other guys at the shop is a machinist and welder and said he could take it to work, strip it and spot weld it. His brother also said he could powder coat it for free. Is that my best option? Anything else I should consider? Leave it alone?
Thanks guys!
Pics:
if you click on the pics to make them big it looks like there are tiny cracks but I'm pretty sure it's just the paint cracking from the depression, but I'm not 100% sure
One of the other guys at the shop is a machinist and welder and said he could take it to work, strip it and spot weld it. His brother also said he could powder coat it for free. Is that my best option? Anything else I should consider? Leave it alone?
Thanks guys!