Originally Posted by
squirrel_master
Kilo or Windsor, their chromoly frames are better than hi-ten steel
the constant refrain around here that a bikedirect chro-mo frame is automatically better than any hi-ten frame is not quite true. i suggest you take this post about a kilo wt from another thread into consideration...
Originally Posted by
john4789
Careful on the WT, know what you are buying. Search it in depth for cracked frames. Mine cracked a month in and w/o any major trauma. Others have had theirs crack on shipping, others due to mis-spec'd seatpost diameters. Always below the seat post clamp.
I love this bike and did a seriously ghetto fix to my frame to keep it going - JB weld of seat post in the seat tube to span the crack (after talking w/ local frame builders who would have charged me a fortune to do a groove weld to fix it). It seems to be holding after 400 miles so it is OK, just the seat height is no longer negotiable.
Do research, then more research, then some more when buying on BD.