Originally Posted by
LesterOfPuppets
I'm slightly tempted by this golden beauty on marketplace, but they need to make it cheaper than 700 bones with that rear triangle damage.
Can you still buy the rear triangle? Maybe brace it somehow? A friend bought an Intense bike cheap because the frame was cracked on the seat tube near the bottom bracket. He had the frame welded (aluminum) and was still riding it the last time I saw him.