Is it safe to drill a hole on a aluminum bike frame?
Aluminium alloys used in bicycle frames are quite fragile. Drilling may easily start cracks that will then spread under stress. Even if it does not happen, you weaken the frame unpredictably. Not only the warranty is gone, but you just don’t know if it will fail catastrophically or not.
Can I convert my bike to internal cabling?
How? The short answer is yes. All you need on almost any Bowden cable-operated brake or rear gear mech is to run the housing in one length from the operating lever to the mechanism, rather than having a break along the way with bare inner wire visible.
Can I drill a hole in my mountain bike frame?
Use a small drill. 1/16-1/8″ is fine. Be carefull that these holes are in line on the tube. Make sure when drilling into the seat tube that you don’t go through and damage the other side of the tube.
Why do bike frames have holes?
I am sometimes asked, why are there tiny holes drilled in certain parts of a bicycle frame, like the ones shown on the left? These are vent holes. During the brazing process the air inside the tube expands as it is heated. (When the bike is assembled these holes are hidden.)
Can you drill carbon frame?
There is no circumstance where a hole can/should be drilled in a carbon frame by anyone other than the manufacturer. The reason we can drill holes in frames is that we specifically design areas with reinforcement for post-molding machining processes.
Can I drill holes in my aluminum frame?
DO NOT drill holes in your aluminum frame. I know it may not seem like it but there is a reason holes for internal cable routing are punched out (not drilled) prior to the tube being welded, annealed, and then post-treated.
How do you drill holes in a bike frame?
Drilling holes in perfectly good bike frames. Use a small drill. 1/16-1/8″ is fine. Be carefull that these holes are in line on the tube. Make sure when drilling into the seat tube that you don’t go through and damage the other side of the tube. 3. Bring the holes up in diameter once, then drill to the final diameter.
Is it safe to drill a BFE cable?
No issues, but it’ll obviously void your warranty…. Drilled my BFe for a Reverb Stealth. Hasn’t killed me, or the mate I lent it to (as his T275 snapped). Yet. slot is better than a hole (drill two holes and file out between them), makes the cable exit easier.
How to drill a bike seat tube?
Use a small drill. 1/16-1/8″ is fine. Be carefull that these holes are in line on the tube. Make sure when drilling into the seat tube that you don’t go through and damage the other side of the tube. 3. Bring the holes up in diameter once, then drill to the final diameter. Here, I drilled up to 15/64″ (0.234″).