Can it be saved or do i scrap ????????

[skudupnorth]

Collected my old Muddy Fox from my brother yesterday after i gave it to him a few years back.To say time has not been kind was an understatement ! Frame is snapped and everything is seized.I was thinking due to it being a nice light frame of trying to get it repaired for a fixie conversion,do any of you kind bods know if it will be do-able ? Here's the horror story in picture form,cover your eyes if you get upset easily !

Also collected this little gem in the same sort of state but without the snapped bits but with buckled wheels and seized bits !

 

[Muddyfox]

It pains me to say it but i think the Muddyfox is dead

The BMX will make a great little project for those rainy days in the garage

Foxy

 

[skudupnorth]

It pains me to say it but i think the Muddyfox is dead

The BMX will make a great little project for those rainy days in the garage

Foxy

I think the same but it would have been nice to save the old girl,got a lot of history between us The BMX is nice and will do for one of my darlings plus it will give me something to try out wheel truing on.

 

[potsy]

I've seen you on worse

 

[Judderz]

Is the frame steel or ali?

 

[Gary E]

It depends how much you want to put into the re-build.
You could probably get the frame welded but it's a job for a pro not really a DIY thing.
After that it's just a case of cleaning and freeing up the rest of the bike and replacing what can't be brought back to life.

 

[skudupnorth]

Is the frame steel or ali?

Ally or Chromolly it says in the sticker.I was thinkig if it was not too giddy about getting new inserts welded to make it a fixie/SS MTB but i'm gussing it's not a cheap fix and it will be just a parts bike for Mrs Skud's project bike.

 

[Judderz]

Only place I can think of taking it is Hodgsons Engineers top of Guest St (just off Holden Road Island on the left) in Leigh

 

[skudupnorth]

Only place I can think of taking it is Hodgsons Engineers top of Guest St (just off Holden Road Island on the left) in Leigh

Do they do bike frames or do they weld anything ? It's not the end of the world if it goes to the bike shop in the sky,but i did buy it in 1994 and had many good rides on it before i gave it to my brother

 

[Judderz]

They weld anything, they altered a frame for my brother years ago ( a steel tt frame), but they are good at what they do. No harm taking it and asking, at least then you can make an informed decision to get it done or let it meet its maker

 

[Ivan Ardon]

It's got vertical dropouts, so it's not really suitable for a fixie conversion.

I'd part it out.

 

[biggs682]

broke for sure

 

[avsd]

scrap - tell your brother he is paying for the 'funeral wake'

 

[black'n'yellow]

It's got vertical dropouts, so it's not really suitable for a fixie conversion.

I'd part it out.

You could run a chain tensioner, but as others have said - the frame is junk. Save your money repairing it - put it towards something new...

 

[400bhp]

You gonna turn up on a forum ride on the Diamond Back?