Originally Posted by dubbs5050

Went and spoke with my guy at the LBS about my problem. Once I pointed it out to him he said that it is probably a manufacturing problem, since it is cracking right at the weld seam. He said something about sometimes when welding, air bubbles can get in there and later lead to cracks. Whatever it is, he got on the phone with Bianchi right away. They are sending out a new frame tomorrow morning, and it should be here by Thursday. Good job by Bianchi and my LBS ... very satisfied ... the only problem is that I will have to deal with this for a week or so.