If the frame has a scratch, does it HAVE to be written off?

[steventh]

It would be a pity if they enforced this on bikes. Its hard to hide a butcher job behind panels on a bike unlike cars where some garbage fixes are done.

Also panel for panel it seems much more expensive to repair a bike meaning bikes can be made reparirable write-offs (ie unceconomical to repair by a pro shop with new parts) with relatviely little damage.

Cheers