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Plan heat treatment after welding?

Are you planning to tig weld the crack?

I wish the manufacturers didn't market saddles as men's or women's. One of my favorite saddles is the Bontrager Affinity WSD. I've ridden men's and women's versions but prefer the WSD. They seem to have a bit softer padding in the sit bone area which is a big help to me. Wonder how many guys...

You may just need more miles to get used to the saddle and position, or it could be totally wrong for you. But most everyone complains about the saddle interface when starting out.

Paint is original but nothing else. I bought it as a frame and fork on eBay. The touring bike won't be a lot slower than a comparable vintage road frame. There are some things you could do to make it faster, mostly lighter parts, pedals, wheels and tires. I wouldn't get carried away though...

I love the touring frames. You can fit narrow tires for pavement or wide knobbies for gravel. I have several. Favorite is probably a 1985 ST500 with Suntour 7 speed build, Mavic rims and 28 mm Tufo diamond tread tubulars. Upright stem was an experiment, not so sure about that. .

Right shifter and rear derailleur must both be Alpha 3000 to index correctly. Is the noise coming from the front or the rear? If the rear is shifting OK but you are getting noise from the front derailleur in certain gears you may have to trim the front a bit. It's also possible that the limit...

See my reply in your last post.