[bike] found something on craigslist, does it look like a good option?

[kj]

>>It is possible that your frame was already suffering from fatigue effects which made it more susceptible to a failure due to a traumatic impact

Which is exactly what I meant by "sort of". But my impression is that most mountain bike frame breaks are due to traumatic impact, so I wondered at your assertion that most breakage is due to fatigue. I've never seen an aluminum bike break due to fatigue, but I guess it might be hard to know exactly why something breaks (as you pointed out). kj.