Originally Posted by fogrider
my friend's front end was feeling a little loose, but he thought it was the wind... this is a merlin (not the extralite) from the mid 90s. My friend is not a big guy, he weighs in at about 140 pounds. I have heard of bad welds failing but not in the tube like this. I guess this is where the shifter bosses are welded in so was that what weakened the tube?
My 1998 Litespeed Ultimate. 3/4 around the weld on the driveside chainstay near the dropout. Last March I spotted it while I was cleaning my bike...I almost had a heart attack! Anyways I brought it back to the LBS and they shipped it back to Litespeed. 18 days later, got my baby back. I Only paid shipping...Litespeed was awesome.