Hey guys.
Stepped foot in a bike shop for the first time in a while. The mechanics there happened to be familiar with Fats and they even had a used Yo for sale. The topic of seat tube corrosion came up when I mentioned what that green seal on the clamp was for. It was highly recommended to me that I add a drainage hole to my frame and I was quoted a 15 dollar charge to drill a hole through the BB, straight through the bottom of the seat tube.
This seems like a good idea to preserve my bike, as my 89 Wicked with drainage holes is bone dry with absolutely no corrosion, but I wanted some opinions from those who've performed this job and the long term Fat owners here.
It seems like there is no other way to do it, but is this the proper way to put a drainage hole in?
Also, would this affect the value of my frame at all? I want to eventually get a non-suspension corrected Yo in size medium, so I may sell mine in the future if I have to in order to afford a different one.
When I first got my frame from fat-tony, I poured Simple Green into the seat tube, cleaned the heck out of it, got it bone dry and finally used frame saver. Looked great inside and solid, but the frame had never been ridden since it was repainted quite a few years ago. I just want to ride my bike all through the wet Oregon winters and don't want to deal with draining and hang drying my bike all the time and I'm known to leave bikes dirty.
Maybe I'm thinking way too hard about all of this, but I just want to take care of the things I own...
Stepped foot in a bike shop for the first time in a while. The mechanics there happened to be familiar with Fats and they even had a used Yo for sale. The topic of seat tube corrosion came up when I mentioned what that green seal on the clamp was for. It was highly recommended to me that I add a drainage hole to my frame and I was quoted a 15 dollar charge to drill a hole through the BB, straight through the bottom of the seat tube.
This seems like a good idea to preserve my bike, as my 89 Wicked with drainage holes is bone dry with absolutely no corrosion, but I wanted some opinions from those who've performed this job and the long term Fat owners here.
It seems like there is no other way to do it, but is this the proper way to put a drainage hole in?
Also, would this affect the value of my frame at all? I want to eventually get a non-suspension corrected Yo in size medium, so I may sell mine in the future if I have to in order to afford a different one.
When I first got my frame from fat-tony, I poured Simple Green into the seat tube, cleaned the heck out of it, got it bone dry and finally used frame saver. Looked great inside and solid, but the frame had never been ridden since it was repainted quite a few years ago. I just want to ride my bike all through the wet Oregon winters and don't want to deal with draining and hang drying my bike all the time and I'm known to leave bikes dirty.
Maybe I'm thinking way too hard about all of this, but I just want to take care of the things I own...