Old 07-04-14 | 06:06 AM
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To my eye these cracks are not typical to Alu bikes. Esp. the LH stay one. The mid tube location and the crack running lengthwise suggests that the stays may have been made from strip (as in seamed tubes) and you're now seeing the weld stress cracking the stay open. I would suspect the remaining of the stays. Andy.
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