Bike slipped because it was poorly leaned on the wall (my bad, I had to pee and didn’t think in that instance that I could’ve left the bike on the floor) and hurt a concrete edge of the pavement. Now, left aside the paint job (it’s crazy for me how delicate is it), the problem is the carbon. Next week I’ll take it to the professionals to take a look at, but in the meantime I’d like to ask to the Reddit community, is the frame cracked?
For reference, we are talking about a Giant TCR Advanced in matte gray
by Keiichi_89
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Yikes. Sorry man.
Looks dead to me especially in that first picture where there is no paint and a massive crack
I would say that this is why I still ride metal frames but the aluminum in my Trek is so thin the same thing would probably happen.
Damn bra! Gutting ☹️
Condolences, ugh!
https://preview.redd.it/gcnbq89mfece1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1f9020759f468c298aed9632ada5a270c9f333b5
Looks worse than me.
Similar thing happened. Lesson learned will drop my bike in the floor better
Looks cracked. The good news is that if it is, it should be an easy repair.
Fuck, is there any he chance to fix it? It’s crazy bike was completely still, and some wind push it to ground. The carbon of my gravel is much more resistant
Hard to see the crack properly, but more likely than not she’s dead.
It’s bad
Yeah, that’s damaged. You could coin tap it to figure out how bad: use a coin (preferably a big one like a dollar, half dollar, challenge coin, similar) to gently tap it and the surrounding area and you’ll be able to hear a change in the areas with damage.
Shop might be able to get it covered under Giant’s Composite Confidence program. Otherwise, repair it.
This is small enough that it should be easily repairable by a carbon repair shop. You are looking into about $1000-$1500 all together if my MTB repair is a guideline. Bike disassembly, shipping, repair/paint and reassembly.
The epoxy resin above the carbon is cracked obviously, that may extend into the carbon. Can’t see from the photo. You can stick a fine needle very (!!) carefully in the crack and feel around. If it goes through in places the carbon is cracked. Even if not, the epoxy crack will be a stress concentrator and will eventually lead to fibers breaking. Don’t ride it. Also, keep it dry. Moisture seeping into the carbon fiber toes will weaken it.
Bad, but not that Bad.
two good options:
1.) NEW BIKE DAY!!!!!
2.) repair (>1000€) and be happy.
it’ll buff out
Just smear some jb weld in to the crack and send it. Or maybe not, and have a professional take a look. Looks pretty fixable. I’d probably not bother with a paint repair, but I’m pretty cheap and not hung up on aesthetics.