Hello, after some time, I decided to come here for some help and opinions about my situation.
Recently, I went on a ride with one of my friends. The ride was quite calm, and I wouldn't say I was stressing the bike more than a normal rider would.
After we finished the ride, we were putting our bikes back into the car, when I noticed a spot on the rear triangle. It was dark, so I thought it was some leftover mud, so I lightly peeled it off, just to realise Its not mud, but a piece of the paint.
Underneath, I noticed that some fibers were torn, and It got me really worried.
The spot is very solid, and has 0 flex.
Its almost snall enough not to be noticed for some time, if you are not inspecting your bike that much.
I tried tapping around it, to hear if there is any sound difference, and I honestly couldn't hear anything different.
I seen some people say that their bikes survived with a lot of carbon damage for years, some were scared of even smaller cracks.
I don't have any carbon repair places around where I live, and buying a new frame is out of the question for sure.
Im honestly willing to risk snapping it, but Im curious to know how big of a chance for catastrophic failure there is.
Here Im including link to the images of the damage.
https://postimg.cc/gallery/qpL8dXW
by tobii5425
2 Comments
I would contact the manufacture and ask if just that part of the frame (it looks like just the lower swing arm?) is available for purchase or see if you can score one on ebay/pink bike from someone who damanged another part of their frame.
If not consider mailing just that part out for carbon repair.
That seems fixable. Fill it with thickened epoxy, sand smooth, then do a couple layers of carbon on top of it