Originally Posted by FBinNY

If the paint is OK, and the lug is dipping into the dent there's a good chance the dent was there all along, even before the paint. Sometimes these happen when a warm tube is cheated into position during building. In any case, short of a sharp buckle, I doubt it'll affect life significantly.



When it comes to alignment, any frame that doesn't consistently display signs of misalignment is aligned for practical purposes. You've been riding it, and never had an issue, and if you hadn't measured it you'd be perfectly happy with how it rides, so how will tinkering improve on that? Leave it alone, nd if it's a good deal otherwise buy it, ride it, and odds are it'll last until something else, like a crash or theft finishes it off.