I’ve been looking at buying a new bike and this gorgeous one came up with a carbon repair, which I’m not completely against. But, after looking at it a bit I’m just not sure if this is a good repair or not? Would love some thoughts
Thanks
by Designer-Currency345
3 Comments
Don’t buy repaired bikes unless it comes with a warranty, or if its dirt cheap enough that is worth the cost of the components.
I have a carbon repaired bike, but I know how it broke, who repaired it, what qualifications they have. The guy I use works on race cars, Ferraris, etc, and occasionally does bikes on the side. All his repairs have a lifetime guarantee. I feel safe riding it.
some random used bike, you’d have no idea how it was broken or who repaired it.
It could very well be they are selling it because they know the frame is trashed and are trying to pass it off to a sucker.
Yeah idk man…I’ve carbon repaired two of my bikes over the years and yeah, I trust them. I tried to push some limits in controlled environments (I’ve crashed a bunch so I don’t care if I fall) and they feel fine…
However, I have not, would not, and will not sell these bikes to anybody else. If my repair fails and I get hurt, it’s the consequences of my own actions. Nobody else will own my shade tree, ebay kit, carbon repaired bikes. I wouldn’t own anybody else’s either.
With a well-repaired carbon frame you can’t even see that it has been repaired. This one not so much. It looks amateurish. I’ve had three bikes, two MTB and one road bike, that have had repaired frames and they’ve worked perfectly. But then I was the one who broke them and had them repaired by people I trusted. Also they looked nothing like the one in your photo.