Originally Posted by
jeirvine
Those lugs are glued to the tubes. I don't think the strength of the glue was the problem with Alan frames, but rather lug cracking like this. I don't see why the crack couldn't be similarly glued together. You'd need to clean it out, and find some sort of appropriate epoxy that could be flowed in. But I bet it could be done and be fine, if done right.
...I'm uncertain if this is appropriate in this case. One of the characteristics of various space age adhesives is that many of them will only work within certain tolerances. So it's entirely possible that the expansion of the lug as the crack progresses has affected the fit between the lug and the frame tube beyond whatever space age adhesive was originally used to join them. I don't know enough about the glue used to further opine.
Other than to say I wouldn't ride that to the grocery store.