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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello JLab Bikers,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The life of my blue Cannondale road bike has ended. On the aluminum frame, the weld is cracked at the joint between the top tube and seat tube. I thought that the squeaky noise was a failing bearing. Due to the size of the crack, the bike shop said that I was lucky that the frame did not collapse during at ride. I wonder if the increasing mass of the rider was a factor.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My challenge is finding a 64 cm frame or whole bike for a 6’ 4” guy. <b>Do you have shopping suggestions?</b> As a recreational rider, I wish to avoid a big expense.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The blue Cannondale enjoyed companionship on the Virginia Peninsula; escaped angry German Shepherds of rural Southeastern Georgia; tolerated the hills of rural North Alabama, then died along a boring residential street in a small city.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Joe D. Wilson, Jr., PE<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The greatest statement in engineering and science is Genesis 1:3.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>False wisdom is often popular with negative consequences and sometimes masks subtle evil. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>....October 2010 as inspired by Proverbs 1:1-19<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>