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Old 12-03-09 | 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Al1943
I'm not seeing any cracks. From the first photo and last photo I can see the joints where the chainstays meet the bottom bracket lug. I think these are normal although I'm not a Bianchi guy.
The middle two images are either not close enough or don't have enough light for me to see any irregularities.
Do you have any cracks that you can separate and close by flexing the frame?

Al
They're pretty easy to see in his first picture

Right under the cable on the left and a parallel crack around the stay on the right. As Guy says in Galaxy Quest, "That's not right!"
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