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Must have been riding on it like that for some amount of time as I stopped riding it when I saw the cracks.
The sentimental value of the frame is too great to through away. So far the welder has quoted £30 but hasn't seen it yet.Buying a new bike would be the proper thing to do.
Edit: @mdcc_tester
£37-£50 (repair and paint) would be reasonable no? Unless there are more things to do than this.
HHC-
Maybe get something new to ride and keep that one to hang on the wall or something? I mean you can get something half decent for £50 on here if you wait it out
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Don't get a non-cycling welder to try to fix a brazed frame, it will just get worse instead of better. The proper repair is a tube replacement, which will be £100 + paint if done by somebody who actually knows what they are doing, and that's just the stay. Same again for the head tube.
haveo
gbj_tester
Shit those are big cracks, were you riding it like that?! Is the frame worth repairing? If it's cracked that much I'd be worried that it would happen in other places too. Might be time for a new frame