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    Damage to Brand new bike :(

    Hi all,

    This is my brand new cube Nuroad race. Got it 5 days ago, love it. This morning someone rested their bike on the opposite side of the train to me and left it unattended. Naturally their bike fell and my fork ate an exposed handlebar end.

    I appreciate the photo isn’t great but the knock has exposed the carbon fork and seems to have chewed through a layer of carbon fibre – Probably 3 mil (not that I measured it as soon as I got to work or anything)

    Is this enough damage to warrant a replacement fork?

    Thanks

    Edit: cosmetically I don’t mind (of course I mind) but I’m more so worried about structural integrity of CF forks

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    2. ballpark-chisel325 on

      In my opinion, if you are this obsessed about the cosmetics, you should not be really taking your bikes … probably basically anywhere. Which defeats the joy of having a good ride, healthy commute or otherwise fun enjoying the “bike life”.

      In case you are really concerned about the cosmetics (my opinion), you can of course have it replaced, but I would take this as an opportunity to stop worrying (about future little accidents like this) and find balance between caring for the bike and enjoying life with it.

      Bikes are no collector items, take care of yourself people, not your property – is my take, if worth anything here.

    3. TimLikesPi on

      Tap it with a large coin. If it sounds like the rest of the fork, it is most likely good. Get some touch up paint, or maybe hit it with some flat clear nail polish. Bikes get marks over time. It hurts you now, but you will not sweat it eventually.

    4. Poutingpokemon on

      It looks fine. Carbon isn’t 1s fragile as you think. The stress tests done in the factory are far worse than anything you could do with normal use.

    5. stanleydamanley on

      Running joke with my cycling friends:
      “…you knocked the new off of it.”

      Best of luck, more scratches to come.

    8. uamvar on

      Ahhh the joys of carbon… You will come to realise that carbon will sustain superficial damage very easily.

    11. UCIillegalSocks on

      Similar thing on my bike. Day one, parked it in our bike room and bang, someone threw their 30 kg e-bike onto my bike. I know who it was, I’m still holding a grudge, but I knew it’ll happen eventually and I’m fine with that.

      I know it hurts more than a flesh wound right now, but come summer and your bike will probably have 16 dents and chips just from riding gravel alone. Bike paint somehow sucks worse than sharpie.

      It’ll stop bothering you in no time.

    12. KT7STEU on

      Wow, that’s ass.

      Tap it lightly from top to bottom from the front, back, inside and outside. Do it with someting hard like the back of a screwdriver and not hard like the front. (No rubber backs allowed)

      If it sounds solid like the other leg of your fork it is good. It it doesn’t you can tell how bad it is by the way your brain makes you feel while tapping.

      Brains rock, it’s how they do.

    14. TorontoRider on

      I used to buy the closest color of nailpolish I could at the dollar store, plus a white and a black, and mix a small amount until it looked good. Then dab it on.

      Now I just buy black bikes. Much easier to match.

    15. dchap1 on

      Looks like a chip to the paint and nothing more, but pictures can be misleading. That said, a local bike shop should be able to give you peace of mind for free.

      Touch up paint from CUBE, or possibly nail polish to hide it a bit, and at some point, maybe a repaint as a treat.

    17. dizzy-dane on

      Get some touch up paint from Cube or a car paint restorer, then wrap as much of the frame without car vinyl. Its easier to work with than 3M protective tape, comes in various thicknesses and cheaper than Ride Wrap. Keep it on for a couple years and peel it off when you can relax about the bike being in public places.

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