Originally Posted by
mpetry912
it will be more expensive to repair than to just buy a new (used) replacement
I have seen some cracks like that - Serottas, the early titanium ones, cracked at the shift lever bosses
/markp
In the fatigue test of 13 high-end frames commissioned by the German Tour magazine in 1997, a Merlin titanium frame developed a crack early in the testing that propagated from the shift lever bosses.