Carbon Frame Repairs

CARBON FRAME REPAIRS

(NOTE: Effective 8/22/2011, I have temporarily suspended my Frame Repair Service. This is because my primary focus is Custom Made Bicycles and the demand for those has been such that I simply do not currently have time to complete repairs and related refinishes in a timely fashion. I am, however, still accepting a limited number of repaints and restorations. Should you have related questions, please let me know. Thank you for your interest!)

DON'T THROW AWAY YOUR BROKEN CARBON FRAME!! I have been doing repairs to Carbon Frames for over 10 years.....long before others started doing it....in fact, back then, most shops and MFG's simply told folks that they had to throw away their frame, no mater how minor the damage. This seemed very wasteful to me and so I started repairing them. From cracked and broken tubes to loose dropouts, if you have a problem, I can likely fix it, including any necessary paint work.....from spot touch ups to complete repaints. Prices start at $130 for repairs to a chain or seat stay, plus shipping and paint work, if any. More complex repairs, of course cost more, however, frames can generally be repaired for less than the cost of a new frame. Because of the unpredictable nature of damage to carbon, pricing is based on an "as quoted" basis. Therefore, if you send me your damaged frame, or some good clear photos of the frame and it's damage, I will quote you a price. If you send me your frame and I can not repair it, or the cost is prohibitive, there is no charge, other than the cost of return shipping.

A few recent repairs are shown below. In addition, if you click on the photo of the silver Trek 5500, you will find a sequence of photos showing its transformation from trash bin candidate to a fully restored and upgraded machine. You can see another 5000 series restoration and upgrade HERE. (The early Trek 5000 series frames are good candidates for restoration and upgrade.. they are well made, durable, straight, stiff, and remarkably light)

Finally, Be sure to check out my carbon repair flickr gallery for more photos of recent repairs.

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This Trek 5200 had a broken chain stay. I repaired the stay with new carbon and repainted just the two chain stays with a complementary theme (the original pearl color was nearly impossible to match), saving the frame, the paint job, the original decals, & Mary's money!	This early Trek 5500 came in with a cracked top tube, chains suck damage to the right chain stay, and several loose tube joints. I repaired the damage and restored the finish, including painting on period logos. In addition, this frame originally had top mounted cable guides, which I upgraded to side mount cable stops.


This nearly new Trek Madone 6.9 had suffered a serious break to the top tube. Photos here show before and after shots of the repair. The required repair area included part of the "Trek" lettering, note that I was able to match the lettering and the paint, including the yellow area, exactly.

Seat stay repairs to a Cervelo...The stay was damaged all of the way through and around....its as strong as ever now. When doing repairs to carbon in areas where there was no paint, the repair area can sometimes be seen through the new clear coat because of the different orientation of the new fibers. If this is something that you do not like, I can paint the area and blend it. For example, in this case, the rear brake bridge area had been painted black by the MFG, I could have painted both seat stays black from the bridge down to below the repair areas and the repair would have been invisible after the clear coat was applied, etc. This customer thought that the repair looked cool the without paint and so the area was not painted, etc.

More Carbon Repairs....This Gary Fisher carbon mountain frame had a broken seat stay. Photos here show the frame during and after the repairs. The repair area was then spot painted and blended and the frame looks and performs as good as new.

Here is an example of a common carbon frame problem....the drop out on this carbon fiber mountain bike had separated from the chain stay. We were able to remove, prep, and re-bond it to the frame...... as good (actually better than ;-) ) as new!


Before and After shots of some serious damage to the chain stay on a Trek Mountain bike.

It's kind of hard to see, but this Specialized had impact damage to the top tube that was about the size of a $.50 piece. These are before and after shots. Note that the graphics were matched perfectly. I had to replace the "IZED" in the logo and, of course, the red, white (which was a pearl), and dark red stripes.

This Ridley Cross bike has serious damage to both chain stays.

Carbon wheels often can not be repaired. However, there are exceptions!

Seat stay repair to a Raleigh before paint	Specialized chain stay repair after paint

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