Originally Posted by
unterhausen
I dunno, sure looks like it had front end damage to me. I don't know why the tube would pucker like that if it hadn't been run into something. That also explains the crack, this doesn't look like lightweight steel.
My take on the puckering of the crack at the tube's underside is that it could be from the two faces being forced against each other and possibly not from an impact. But my comments were about the top tube not showing any obvious damage and thus no need for more viewing angles. Since I'm not the owner or the person who they are asking to repair this frame my opinions are just that, speculative opinions.
I've seen many bikes that have had only one tube showing the classic kinking/bulging after a frontal impact so I could easily be wrong on this one. Andy