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Thanks Brucey, very informative. You're right about the fork, It says kinesis on it.

Will probably strip the bike and sell items of worth.

Cheers

Been trying to catch up on the above comments, thanks again to all.

I believe it's a 90s era bike... Super retro! Shogun team issue aluminium racer bought second or third hand from a rugby player about 6 years ago.
Cable lugs aren't welded, they appear to be bolted, which I presume creates weak spots.
It's lacquered aluminium so can clearly see the tube splits, no need to remove paint.

I'm 6,2" and around 75kg. I mostly blame London roads for the issue.

Ok so the pictures are loaded, the cracks are to the underside of the downtube lugs...I'm anticipating it's a write off

Hi all,
Apologies for the late reply, been busy at work and setting up the new bicycle (a felt f65 with full ultegra components by the by)....I'm trying to post pics as attachment but this site is telling me their too large however they're only 1Mb!

I was cleaning my aluminium road bike and spotted two cracks in the downtube on the underside of my bicycle frame which I assume were caused from potholes, would be great to understand if this is repairable? I've attached some photographs. It appears to have taken place nearby the lugs which support the gear cables. I've also attached a picture of the bike from one year ago when I purchased some NOS CXP30 wheels.

Pretty gutted about it because I love the retro look of my bike, I've spent money on various new parts and would love to keep her on the road if possible. I mostly use it for commuting around 300 miles a month.

Thanks in advance.

Ps. Having a problem loading photos, will try to sort out.