Repairing Carbon Fibre - Carbon Damage & Repair

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Just got hold of a zipp 3000 but has a nasty crack in the rim edge and would like your opinion on anything that I might be able to do to make it safe to ride. The damage is purely to the outside of the rim.

Ive got some photos on here - flickr.com/photos/110135386@­N05/15435216736/in/photostream/

They a bit shit but I hope you get what I mean. Can take some more if you need.

Im hoping some epoxy resin could hold it together?? but I have no idea. Any help/pointers would be much appreciated

Send a PM to @vavas. He helped me with my saddle that people said it couldn't be fixed. Think he's done some work with wheels recently. Not sure if I'd want to ride on a repaired carbon wheel myself though.

I've got a carbon road frame (nothing special) where the BB insert has spun out of the frame, I can get about 1.5mm of movement in it. Any magic resin's that'll fix it? Was going to build it as a commuter.

anyone got a good hook-up for someone who can repair derailer hangers + surrounding areas?

Stacked it on the ice today and the rear end of my Supersix is looking p bad.

@vavas is the chap we're using, he's over in Hackney Wick.

With that said, he's off on his Yuletide holidays now I think.

Great job with Ed at London Carbon Repair to mend my Canyon CF SLX, if anyone wants a decent job at a very decent price and located in London this is definitely the place to go! #Rep

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Couldn't find a more appropriate thread and didn't want to create a new one so...

I have an old HED disc that has a bit 'fraying'(?) to the carbon around the valve hole. Any idea what I can treat this with to prevent further damage?

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Bit of epoxy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8hdPOQ5m98

That'll buff out.

Spread a load of 2 part epoxy onto it. Really work it in and be generous.

Let it set reall hard.

Then spend some time sanding it Down.

After seeing @HoKe recommend Ed at London Carbon Repair i just got him to fix my Look. Great job, great price.

just starting to dig around this, I see that @HoKe got a frame repaired with LCR (https://londoncarbonrepairs.co.uk/2015/11/14/canyon-slx-4/) which looks almost exactly like my damage. anyone know what sort of price I'd be looking at for this?

Depends on how big the job is, usually around the £100 mark

I saw you posting in here and was wondering if the Look seatpost clamp had broken.

Was gladly disappoint

Thanks. from the photos I suspect it's almost exactly the same as yours. about the size of a £1 coin I think

Anyone used London carbon repairs recently? And vouch for their work.

Can’t see any reviews online (beyond here)

Not London based but we've sent a few frames to http://www.targetcomposites.co.uk and they've been quick, helpful and done really good work. On a cracked seat stay the only evidence I could detect of a repair was the decals not being as raised as on the non repaired side.

I think @Hoke and @Sumo did?

Thanks. I wanted to avoid having to post. But will bare in mind.

@Howard Yeah thanks, saw that but 3 years ago so wondered if anyone had recently.

I used Carbon Bike Repair, a very generic name but they're legit and did a really good job, so good you would never notice if I don't point it out and even then it's barely visible.
I've heard good things about London Carbon Repairs, I think Ho used them.

He is still doing repairs, he is just more focus on building carbon frames these days especially with Bespoke around the corner. Give him a call or email he will respond back. Really nice guy with reasonable price compared to Surrey carbon repair. (Just note that this is a repair job and he won’t get the finish/colour to the exact as before).

Yeah perfect. I just want repair. Will email, thanks.

That Surrey place was mad.

Yeah I emailed them, but their price was mad. And I had to have it respeayed too. They do look good, if pricey.