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looking fantastic! (apart from the cracked dropouts obs) love the finish you have on the bamboo.
re the dropouts: i wonder if there is quite a large turning moment that pivots around the base of the seat-stays. your rear axle sits cantilevered out a lot further than traditional dropouts (if i think i understand the design of them correctly).
anyway on the repair make sure the carbon weave goes both parallel and perpendicular to the chain stays and you apply lots and lots of it and overlap it as much as possible over the dropouts and the chain-stays and it should be fine. perhaps ride it a bit before applying the beauty layer!
I've been riding my bamboo bike for 6 months or so now and so far its holding up great.
good luck! don't let this set back stop you from riding it into the sunset