The bike comes as shown. It has some scratches here and there and the paint but no cracks at all. This is the ideal weight weenie bike. Very light and very stiff for its time taken into consideration. haven't written more than 100 km outside for the past 10 years. It's been sitting on a home trainer the first five and then in the basement for the next five. paint cracks are not from scratches but just from sweat from zwifting.