Manitou FS frame - Cracked and how much?

[Curly68]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Answer-MANITOU-FS ... 3ca9fcfec5

Crack can be repaired he says. Yes but it's a great big crack!

 

[mattbrown]

:shock:

 

[Easy_Rider]

And not even any matching front forks included :roll:

 

[delboy009]

Sshhhtum......

 

[elite504]

Damn thats a shame, as that looks sweet. One of the cleanest I've seen. . damn. .. :shock:

 

[delboy009]

Agree !! Tis minty apart from that poxy inherant crack !! How could they have bullsed up the design of such a lovely frame.

Ide have one but it would be for road use only !! Thats for sure

 

[MJN]

Easily repaired but I personally don't like Manitous

 

[delboy009]

Thing is, repair it and it'll just crack somewhere else !! Looks great hanging up in the garage though

 

[manitou916]

Lol, it's frame and forks chaps. I went back and forward on the idea for a while, and made some errors in the listings as a result, but they are paired up again.

In terms of pricing, it's ballpark with the cracked/repaired FS frame recently sold (and then resold) on this website:
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=86280

delboy009 - Interesting to note that you were far more receptive to the repaired jimjim2012 frame above and yet you are quick to put the boot in here :roll: The seat clamp and front mech alone would sell for more than £75 so play fair. I won't even ask how you know for sure a repaired head tube will fail because it's clear you don't know what you're talking about. These frames are often repaired and then ridden for years - I know of plenty. And as MJN says, it's not a difficult repair... and he does know what he's talking about.

 

[jimjim2012]

iirc there was that headtube repaired manitou fs that went for £800 or so complete. (i think the guy was asking £1000 on the forum before listing on ebay.)

mine's winging it's way to france...

it is unfortunate that the manitous are prone to craking but then they are light as a feather. the large manitou hardtail i had was 3.5lb or so due to Easton 'it's-only-Wafer-thin' tubeset.

anyhoos, Manitou916 is a sound guy and that frame does look mighty pretty and the price looks fair for all that is included. Everything i've bought from him has been in excellent shape - yeah, the frame is cracked - but looks very clean.