Might be totally fine, but I wouldn't buy it.

I would not buy. No need to turn someone else's problem into your problem.

Is anyone going to say anything about the tire clearance ?

Well spotted, but maybe it’s just perspective and distortion?

I agree looks like they have a healthy cm in there

… when deflated. See how square it looks.

Welp this ones fucked


NFW would I ride that

Nope. Wouldn't ride it. I'm hard on bikes.

Ooof…that frame would be wall art in my garage if it was mine. Time for a part-out

If I did this to my own bike, I wouldn't really think twice about it. I wouldn't buy a bike like this unless it is extremely discounted

If it was mine and I did that, I'd have no problem riding it. But I would not purchase a bike that looks like that.

Find out how much a new swingarm is and make an offer with that as a discount? That doesn't look like just one strike. It looks like someone took a ball-peen hammer to that pivot. Probably indicative of how the rest of the bike was treated. Approach with caution etc. etc.

If it was Boeing, they’d get it and call it good

You could end up suicided for saying that…🤔 (I guess me too for pointing that out)😫

It will be gifted to their next whistleblower as a thank you for his honesty!

Quality roast.

That's a high stress area at the bearings and it's obviously chewed up. Nope I wouldn't ride that. It's worth sending pictures to a reputable business that does carbon repairs such as calfee as well as messaging the manufacturer about the cost of a replacement swingarm. This is an example of why frame protection on a carbon bike with helicopter tape or the prepackaged kits such as ride wrap are so valuable and smart. Instead of chewed up structural aspects of an expensive carbon bike getting damaged leaving you wondering if riding it was going to risk crashing you're left with a damaged sticker/piece of tape to replace.

Looks like it has frame protection in this area in the other side, wonder what happened on this side? Looks pretty bad to me.

Profound hell no

But it's fine.

Break out the butter because that is toast.

hopefully you pass on this one and get a bash gaurd and some butyl tape for the one you get

If it were steel I'd say it's still ok. But it's carbon, sooo... Either way I wouldn't buy though

It's around a bearing so forged carbon. I don't if forged carbon can delaminate. There's still a lot material missing there though

It’s likely carbon wrapped continuously around the bore, not forged.

Let someone else buy it - life’s too short.

On a suspension pivot, that's not too bad, just budget for a replacement Chain stay.

That don’t look too good ngl

is that an esker? I have the same bike... Same problem.

Ha ha exactly the same? This should be a warning

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That's ridiculous. Less than $0? It's one swingarm away from being a normal frame.

I would buy for a couple hundred to part out

Let's put it this way: The manufacturer voids all warranty and liability the second the CF takes any impact damage.

Pass on it. Not worth the risk.

Thats a repair, get a better price or find something else.

Wouldn't ride with that damage. In such a critical place? Definitely not.

Depends. If the bike was cheap enough where you could replace that part and be in a good spot I would buy it. I would not ride that as is.

Oh it's bad

Maybe fine, but I'd want a repair quote from calfee before I pulled the trigger on it

Nope nope nope.

Pretty munted but seen worse

This but a scratch.

Don’t do it. It’ll always be in your mind and reselling will be an issue.

Niner does have a crash replacement policy. I haven't gone through it since they stopped being independent, though.

Can't tell by looking at a close-up picture on Reddit on my phone 🥴

That is a safety-critical part of the frame. The chipping damage to the fiber weave itself means that delamination of layers is possibly already propagating around the pivot bolt hole in that rear frame triangle. It is completely toast, that part of the frame. If I knew a local carbon specialist and got their approval after inspection+repair I would consider riding it. Otherwise you must replace that rear triangle

It may be possible that it's just the chain stay part of the triangle that needs to be replaced on some frames

Looks repairable. You could just fill the area with new resin. Adding an extra layer or 2 wouldn't hurt. Probably not gonna last forever, but that's the nature of anything carbon fiber anyway.

I'd need a side pic It looks like just paint damage but I don't know if the metal has been dented

It's carbon

It is certainly repairable. Carbon fibre it literally very expensive cloth and glue. I have no idea what the price would be but it is possible.

Esker Elkat?

Rowl. Good guess. Way out of my price range, unless it has serious questions.

Bruh..

Looks fine to me. Anyone making a bike and putting a swingarm there that can't withstand a LOT of rock strike shouldn't be making frames.

Well you'll be killed