Help ID - teens bike and parts haul

[MrMonark13]

Put a straightedge where I put the red lines and let me know what you find.

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Just did and there’s definitely a very slight bend in the tubes. How concerned should I be about that?

 

[Freqman1]

Just did and there’s definitely a very slight bend in the tubes. How concerned should I be about that?

To me, it is relegated to a wall hanger.

 

[MrMonark13]

To me, it is relegated to a wall hanger.

Rats! I was really hoping to finally have an early bike to ride! Well, thanks for your help Shawn

 

[Late To The Party]

You can fix it. I used ratchet straps and the steel poles holding up the ceiling in my garage along with a hydraulic shop press, scrap wood and some open ended wrenches to straighten out an old bent frame. Just be creative with bracing and start adding pressure opposite of the damage, go a little past straight to account for spring back. Check every tube in 4 places around circumstance 90* apart and correct as needed till it all is perfect. Some thin tube can be easily bent back by hand pressure. You cannot make it worse (especially if you only consider it a wall hanger now) only better.

 

[SKPC]

Yes, garage fix looks possible when its' not too far out from straight like yours.

 

[MrMonark13]

You can fix it. I used ratchet straps and the steel poles holding up the ceiling in my garage along with a hydraulic shop press, scrap wood and some open ended wrenches to straighten out an old bent frame. Just be creative with bracing and start adding pressure opposite of the damage, go a little past straight to account for spring back. Check every tube in 4 places around circumstance 90* apart and correct as needed till it all is perfect. Some thin tube can be easily bent back by hand pressure. You cannot make it worse (especially if you only consider it a wall hanger now) only better.

Thank you! I definitely agree that there’s really nothing to loose, so I will definitely be trying that. This project is going to be taking a different turn than I originally expected, so I will make a new thread at some point to document the progress. Once again, thanks all for your help.