Goodbye sweetheart - farewell to a dead bike

The frame's something to hang the wheels and contact points from. It's the heart of the bike, and designers/builders go to great lengths to imbue their products with certain ride characteristics; and I think that as you move contact points further away from 'the heart', you water down those characteristics.

Best thing I've read on here for ages, repped.

I cant really stand over my BJ (51) without lifting my heals slightly (yes I know a compact geo would be better). The standover rule, would make too big, but I have 12cm of seat post, and 11cm of stem. If anything I'd go 1/2" up in size.

. Also, the crack was forward of the seatcluster, and where the hole appeared within the crack......the aluminium was as thin as paper.

Sounds like the point at which the tube is butted.

Its worth considering that not every frame fits every rider. I can think of quite a few that would'nt fit me in any size.

ED: bugger cant seem to rep.