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I am currently on Fratello frame no. 3, the other two having cracked/split in exactly the position Sacredheart described above. The first time around the crack was hidden behind the rear brake cable. By the time I discovered it, it was the thickness of my thumbnail and was nearly 2cm long, across the weld and into the top tube.
The owner of Brill on Exmouth Market has a brand new Fratello frame too courtesy of the same manufacturing or design fault.
I love the geometry and handling of my bike but am seriously confused as to how this problem has been allowed to continue. You can't chalk this up to "Italian character" It's a potentially lethal fault.
No if's buts or maybe's Sacred; A new frame gratis is owed.