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Very sorry to see the seat stay cap fracture. What caused it? Maybe it was that crash you had way back but you would think that you would have notices an alignment problem after the crash. It is interesting to see the gap that has formed between the two pieces after the fracture and with the wheel in place. It suggests that there may have been stresses present within the frame. I wonder if the rear spacing had been re-set at some stage and the dropouts were not re-parallelled? Does the gap close when you remove it from the trainer and take the rear wheel out?
I'm in the 're-braze' and repair it camp. I would get it's alignment checked out though.
So sorry to see one of your pride and joys damaged.
Best wishes, Gary.