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the nature of the issue?
This is more of a problem than the age of the parts. No bike shop in their right mind is going to warrant that a carbon frame or fork of any age is safe to use after being crashed. The cost of inspecting a frame to the required standard exceeds the flyaway cost of replacement even on late model high end frames. If the frame is of immense sentimental value, feel free to pay somebody £1000 to check it properly. Failing that, then in the absence of any obvious damage it's a coin toss, and you shouldn't give your business to anybody who suggests otherwise.
gbj_tester
@ootinni
Need a professional mechanic to look over my Look KG171 (late 90s carbon) with 2004 Campagnolo components - any suggestions?
Cutting a long story short, I dropped a door on it (yes, you read that right). It landed at an angle which bent the handlebars and put a hole in my wall on the other side. My inspection of the bike suggests the handlebars took the brunt and passed the impact through to the wall, which crumpled appropriately... but for obvious reasons I'd like to check if any damage was done to any other components (primarily the carbon frame, carbon fork, and shifters).
I usually use Full City or LMNH for my SS maintenance, but not sure if they'll be the right peeps for this, given the older parts and the nature of the issue?
Suggestions?