The story is getting hilarious. LOL
Where is the photo evidence ?? It has Original age degrading parts ? How many times has the big/ big been used?
Would anybody at an LBS really be stupid enought to suggest it is AOK ?? haha I had a 3x8 and once or never used 8 of those gears.
The frame did NOT BREAK.
I made myself a CF trunk overhanging my front wheel on my tour bike. Mud flying off the wheel wore a hole clear thru.