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@Wingedangel
Please...all you noobs getting a little skittish over the weld...
It's not going to 'snap'...or fail drastically...thats aluminium...Ok?
Steel...is different...it fails slowly...it doesn't just snap...(well it can tho and it requires other shit that this to do it...) and in this case...where it is...with no stress across the weld from a shear...it's fine. period. talking about 'force' in this example is tat.
So...180 for that frame is a damned good price...even without the forks...so if it really matters that much...buy the fricking frame and then get some new forks...sexy frame with new forks for 240...end of....or get ted to replace the steerer...he did a pair of chrome pug ones that were a bit rare and he even managed to keep the chrome from blueing up....from the look of the repair and the dip in the braze it looks to have been sleeved anyways...which means its fine.
The lugs on the frame, the campag track ends and the fork crown leans toward it being good quality...not incredible but good...so stop bitching about the price!
If it was...suspect...those of us that knew something about anything...would have moaned already...
So please stop writing spurious crap about 'oooh...it looks a bit dodgy...'
So do most of your hair cuts....