I slipped while clipping in my shoes and my nuts went straight into the carbon frame.
Am i buying a new frame or can this be repaired?
by Global_Length5632
I slipped while clipping in my shoes and my nuts went straight into the carbon frame.
Am i buying a new frame or can this be repaired?
by Global_Length5632
29 Comments
New frame day!
Quite bit
Can be repaired but will cost quite a lot and you will be able to see the patched carbon on your top tube. Definitely recommend a new frame.
Yes.
All the way fucked
Put an ice pack on the jewels and go pick out a new frame
Your nuts made out of steel?
Can be repaired easily by someone who fix carbon, but you can also buy a new frame as well! But it’s not rideable at this point
All the way up the booty
Well and truly.
The top tube is the “best” place to have damage, and the easiest to repair. Still not worth getting professionally repaired.
There are diy kits available. Lots of guys I raced with would do it and keep racing the frames. It will be ugly but “safe”
depending on your diy competence and risk tolerance.
Neighborhood of $500+ for someone that repairs carbon I’d say (but it’s been a couple years since I’ve paid attention to those prices). That’s without paint. Certainly cheaper than a new frame.
That’s nuts!
In some ways carbon is a very forgiving material because much of the time if it is damaged it can be repaired by someone competent.
In other ways its as brutal as it comes because the cost of getting it repaired properly so it is safe to use again can be a good chunk more than it would cost to replace it with new.
Trying to look at it positively you know that new shiny bike you have been looking at recently? You just got a good excuse to buy yourself it.
You are all the fucked.
Unless you know a good carbon repair guy.. You’re fucked
If you are the only owner of this bike trek has a lifetime warranty on their frames 🤞
Proper fucked.
Sorry, man.
Aliexpress has pretty good prices on new carbon frames acuslly xD
Top tubes are really easy for carbon repair experts to fix. Cost is probably around $500, likely more if you are particular about paint matching.
Quite.
That is spectacular
I’m a carbon repair shop owner. It needs to be repaired but it’s not difficult for a reputable shop.
It’s carbon, it can be repaired. But the repair may cost just as much as a replacement frame, considering most manufacturers offer a discounted one for crash damaged frames.
That’s a goner.
Proper fucked.
Well as long as you don’t ride that you should be fine
Your frame is fully fucked though
Completely. That frame is toast
Just wrap it 50 times with some duct tape
I had something similar repaired, the crack wasn’t too long. Depends on crash replacement options, my repair was €350, crash replacement was €1000