Old 03-08-11 | 08:41 AM
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Bikes: Waterford RST-22, Bob Jackson World Tour, Ritchey Breakaway Cross, Soma Saga, De Bernardi SL, Specialized Sequoia

Scrap it. The cost to repair and repaint the frame would far exceed its value.

As you've discovered, you have to be very careful buying used frames. I have bought two used frames on-line that turned out to have crash damage similar to yours -- mostly likely from front-end collisions. In both cases, I was able to return the frames and get refunds but it was a hassle. Both were Eddy Merckx frames and it was hard sending them back, but after I got an estimate for repairing the tubing and repainting, it would have cost more than simply buying another frame.

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