Originally Posted by
moki
If it were me, I'd probably ride it. Builders do all sorts of nasty stuff to tubes - crimping, shaping, drilling, brazing the middles, and most frames hold up really well. If your wife rides really hard, or you live in a mountainous area, ignore all of what I've written.
My wife, like me, has just gotten into riding road bikes, so I guess I don't have to worry about her riding this bike too hard.