IF ti roadie frame

[trip]

Hi all!
I´m selling this 2004 Independent Fabrication Crown Jewel ti. I bought it some months ago, and after riding it for a 2000km, noticed a very small crack, about 3mm long. You can see on the pics where is located. I contacted IF, and as the frame was 2nd handed, didn´t know what to do. After some mails, they decided to make a new one for me, which I actually ride. I asked them a few times if I should send the old one back, but as they didn´t want it, I´m selling it.

I mailed here in Spain to Alkon, who have a good reputation fixing all kind of frames, and told me it was an easily fixable crack.
It´s quite hard to be seen, specially on the pics, but there it is. During the time I rode it, the crack didn´t grow even 1mm.

It´s got 56.5cm of effective top tube C-C, and 46 the vertical one.
I´m looking for about 900€ posted, but opened to sensible offers, wouldn´t mind a change for a mtb frame also.

Thanks for looking!

 

[trip]

+ pics

The pic of the crack

 

[trip]

The new one

Here a pic of the new frame!

 

[john]

shame about the crack :cry:

How was it repaired. Was the crack at the weld or in the tube?

What size is the frame?

 

[trip]

answer

The crack is not been repaired. It´s on the weld, you can see it in one of the pics, I took of the paint, to be sure it was a little crack.
The size is a 56.5 C-C of top tube, but has slooping. I´m 1.71m tall, and was a bit big for me, but with a 9cm stem was ok.
Yes, a shame the crack

 

[Cherrymatt]

From my experience if the crack is just in the weld, you can usually just grind it out so it no longer acts as a stress raiser. If there is sufficient material left for a good joint then away you go, if not you may need to weld repair. This is generally for oil and gas pipes and stuff in CS not Ti but I would imagine the principle is the same.

Shame the frame is not a little smaller as I would have been tempted to have a go.