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Stanton Sherpa, 853 29er, 17 inch. Mk1 (QR dropouts)
The top headtube/toptube gusset has a cutout of the Stanton 'crown' logo. Unfortunately the outermost edges of this crown (pointy bits) had begun to crack on both sides (hairline, maybe 1-2mm but I spotted it when cleaning it). Probably influenced by the leverage of the fork flexing the headtube. The gusset is only joined to the frame at the welds (you could stick a bit of paper under the gap) but if left untreated, I supposed this could have spread to the welds. Local guy filled it with brass and reckons it would be OK. Essentially the gusset is now stuck down.
But... I have used/sold most of the parts and don't really feel like building it up again. Don't really want to sell the frame direct to a rider due to the location of the repair.
But if a builder wanted to buy it using their knowledge of brass braze, or to add even more brass (massive fillet?) that would seem more reasonable, or to practice with / replace headtube etc.
At the time the best thing to do would probably have been to remove the gusset / cut the crown out in a circle , but this would have been hard without accidentally dremelling the main tube - I was only doing backpacking on it anyway and don't believe top gussets do much.
If anyone's interested in it, PM me, or feel free to comment on best use...
Will try to find some pics.