Originally Posted by
woodcraft
If that bike was new in February, it's been rode hard & put away wet!
Originally Posted by
gkamieneski
What does that mean? This is a "mint" 2002 SL Lite Alloy. Not a decal out of place, no scratches, dents, etc. Just a crack emanating from the BB cluster TIG weld that I found when cleaning some grungy Gatorade from the area. Unfortunately, what I thought was dried on fructose was a crack that is almost more a tear.

He's talking about the original post from 2009 that you kind of hijacked (though admittedly with a similar problem).
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Bikes: 1996 Eddy Merckx Titanium EX, 1989/90 Colnago Super(issimo?) Piu(?), 1990 Concorde Aquila(hit by car while riding), others in build queue "when I get the time"