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Clesmon
Saw through the bent tubes. Use blowtorch to melt the braze in the lugs and pull the ends of the tubes out. Clean up. Bond carbon tubes in instead, use Scotch Weld 9323 as adhesive.
Job jobbed. But it might not be as stiff as original since the steel will be about 0.6-0.9mm thick and 200GPa stiffness while the woven carbon tube will be about 2mm thick and maybe 60GPa stiffness.
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Do it anyway though.