Olmo steel racing bike 54cm – £220, Fuji Feather 52cm (parts) – £60

My guess is you won't be hearing from him again.

Yup. He hasn’t replied to me in 9 days or so about meeting up.

Worth getting the drop out replaced? Not sure how much that would cost. My local place is Argos which is tippy top, but pricey.

Yeah true but might be more money than it’s worth. I think the best option is to strip the frame Of parts and try making money by putting it on a new frame....preferably an uncracked one lol ☝🏼

Get a quote from Winston Vaz at Varonha Cycles.

His brother Mario operates has a spray shop on the same premises.

It won't be that expensive to replace, but you'll need to repaint.

I still don't get how could you not see it's a crack and not paint chip. It's so clear. Just but sliding your finger on it should've been enough.

Anyway it's a Olmo, ask for a quote for the dropout. It might be worth it.

It’s got to be worth repairing to end up with a nice beater, rather than try and flog the components. I don’t recon you’d get much for them. The value here is in the frame surely

Yeah true. I’ll look at both options and get some quotes for the frame.

Sweet cheers dude I’ll look into it 🤘🏼

Yep will do. My guess is around £50 and then with paint etc will be more...might be worth keeping as a ratty beater/single speed conversion to bang about London on.

Argos cycles in Bristol will replace a drop out for 95 quid, but I would imagine that’s your top end, price-wise

vaz does a pair of DOs for £90 I think then you could rattle can it

@Velocio Let’s get @Frankie.L on the bad traders list.
He’s still not responding to me at all. Refund won’t happen even though it was promised! Let’s end the year positively and close this case off ✌🏼

I'll make it simpler, if he's not responded within 24 hours I'll just ban him :)

If a trader is so bad as to sell a cracked and dangerous frame whilst claiming it's fine and not fulfilling a refund, they don't deserve to be on here.

bang him

I like to think of that as a treat and not a punishment.

@Frankie.L has been banned on all of the sites I run, and his access tokens revoked. Basically he can no longer log in.

you may want to try repairing the crack with fibrefix repair tape - you can get it from toolstation for about 6 quid.