Steel frame repair

[bikemonkey]

I recently had a bike in the shop with a freeze burst on the right fork blade. I refused to repair the bike for his grand-kid and he got all pissy so I told him to leave and never come back. He had always been a PITA customer anyway and argued about small necessary repairs needed, etc.

 

[detroitbike]

Looks like a simple braze job to me . If the local bike shop can't help hit up the nearest muffler shop.
As for forks, I have over 200 used forks from all the bikes I've stripped thru the years.
However most bikes aren't worth the cost to replace the fork and most people won't pay the cost.

 

[Archie Sturmer]

The fork shown with the tape reminded me of my own Murray space bike, as it came to me, with 1970's 3M reflective tape on the seat stays.

And the original post professes that the crack is an infinitesimal 1/4" long, (that's zero point something).
So, another alternative may be to apply preservative (primer) and finish (paint) in any color as desired (e.g., not brown), and then apply thin (in mils) pressure sensitive adhesive reflective tape, perhaps sold in 1" wide rolls in a few different colors. This could be done neatly and would not detract from the inherent beauty of a space-age bike. If one paid attention or measured, they could tape both stays to evenly match. Thin tape is fairly flexible too.
The method of taping-and-then-painting is not recommended.

 

[49autocycledeluxe]

freeze crack? it is sometimes a good thing to live in California. a guy could weld that up in 30 seconds. find someone with a welder. I've welded simple stuff like that for 10 bucks on more than one occasion.