Frames f**ked, sell it me for cheap cheap Seriously though, dry your eyes and get the frame sent off. Helicoils are installed on loads of ally parts throughout the engineering industry because they're a stronger thread than the plain ally. After reading the forums and seeing how many people strip the threads out of the brake mounts I think it's pretty piss poor that manufacturers dont put them in when they're built, for the sake of a couple of quid. Bah, ignore me, I'm rambilng Edit: I think select bikes are being more than fair with you, that's shit hot customer service and I hope you appreciate that. Oh yeah, change your display name to Emo-Kid