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I've just joined the Brompton club, sort of. A customer at work had one with seatpost issues, and when we sent it off to Brompton they returned saying they had found a crack in the seat tube.
The customer has bought a new one, and asked us to scrap his, but the manager has written it off for me.
So...I have a c.10 year old black M6R, with a seat post that won't go into the frame, and a tiny tiny crack at the bottom of the seat clamp area.
I've stripped it right down, and most of the parts are going to be able to go right back on, or be serviceable. I'm looking at taking it to SuperTed or Ryan Oak and getting it bead blasted and checked over.
If it is only the small crack that I can see that led to Brompton writing it off, it should be easily repaired, and I may just have a bargain and a fun little project!