Originally Posted by
ridethecliche
Update on the cracked frame saga.
First, here are some pictures of the crack and the bike. At first I thought it was a scratch in the paint, but pressing the dropouts together made it move so...
http://imgur.com/a/2hjMEiB
Here are some pictures of it new frameset! Dropped off some Kanes head high for the seller as well.
https://imgur.com/a/BUlVy7E
Unfortunately the fork has an AL steerer vs the full carbon older one. It also didn't come with a headset or compression plug etc. I'm actually going to try to reuse the old fork and headset with things here and from my cursory reading, I think they should be compatible. The old fork is obviously a different color. If I go through with things, I might take it off next summer, sand it down, and have it painted either black or orange.
In the grand scheme of things, I think this worked out pretty well. Thankful to the seller for being stand up. I think I'm going to end up a bit more out of pocket than I'd hoped, but I'm going to end up with a better bike overall imho.
Looking forward to getting the build going! Crossing my fingers I can have it done this week though I'll need to drop it off at the shop to have the rear brake line swapped over.
Shiny! Good looking frameset.