Originally Posted by jppe
I put Miss Lightweight in the shop yesterday. I was hearing a loud crack in the front of the bike when I'd hit a bump with the front wheel pretty hard and going along at a pretty fast speed. I had inspected the frame and fork repeatedly but never saw anything suspicious.
I've had a frame come apart on me. It was silent. It was just that I noticed that the frame seemed to be soft and a few moments later I notice that the bicycle was getting lower. The downtube had separated from the bottom bracket.