Originally Posted by JoelA

This was a regular garden variety Pista.

Here are a couple of shots of where mine cracked.

For reference I'm 49 years old and 145 lbs., so there's nothing to do with over/mis use.

Again, the Bianchi folks were great on the replacement so no issue there.

But if you're riding one of these keep an eye on it. My first sign was "where's that seat tube grease coming from?"