Just Wonderful, Purplebeast! Now everyone knows why I wear glasses.........
I actually rode for about 20 minutes or more today, after getting my flywheel weight put on. I think I'm gonna like this deal.......
Jimmie
im ever so slightly jelous.
my bike is in pieces, sitting diagonally on the bike stand waiting for parts after my wheel bearing debacle.
im relying on todays post or it'll be the new year before i get to ride which is annoying as i got Bou coming round later for a riding lesson and a bowl of Paella
Well gas gas UK was no help, got the aircraft welder at work to tig weld the cracks, it's holding well, got about 15hrs on it now since the repair, did some decent size drops and some big "ish" hits and all seems good. He did a amazing job of welding it up you really wouldn't know if I re powder coat the frame.
in fairness, the bike is out of warrenty and is coming up 4 years old, it could have been crashed or ridden to death at expert level for its entire life for all Gas Gas know.
even so, they should know beta are looking after their customers with cracked frames and stuff. you should have reminded them of that and told them you will be voting with your feet and spending your money elsewhere from now on.
The trial shop where i buy my parts says, that when he takes over a Gas Gas from sombody who buys another bike at his shop, there is a great chance the Gas Gas has cracks in the frame...
correct, the two pairs of socks trick is just a myth, it doesnt work.
however, i took a tip from a mate that does a lot of hiking and he said to use a thin pair of cotton socks on first, then a thick pair of wooly socks over them.
i think he said something about the thin layer acting like a wick, and absorbing foot sweat away from the foot, whilst the thick sock provides warmth.
or something like that, i may or may not have been severely intoxicated after an all day session at the time. lol.
i remember my first day out trialling. i went out with a group of guys that can do almost anything on a trials bike.
i was the worst rider out of all of us, but i damn sure had the most fun.
after coming from a motocross / enduro back ground, i thought i was pretty good rider, till i got on a trials and then i realised i wasnt as good as what i thought i was.
Now everyone knows why I wear glasses......... 
Bought A Pup 2010 Raga. Cracked Crank Cases :-(
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repairing it is an option. but you're on the right track by renewing.
its the only way you will ever have piece of mind and faith in the bike.