Carbon frame repair?

kfinlay

Bit of a long shot but I know there are some from Oz on this forum.
My mate is in Sydney and cracked his frame in a crash that wasn't his fault.
Trying to find out if there are any carbon frame repairers down under?
Anyone help please as it's his only bike so he's off the road until it's sorted out.

oldraver

Just over two million google results for " Australian Carbon fibre repair ".

This one was recommended on an Australian cycling forum http://www.carbonbikerepair.com.au/

Obviously can't vouch for them personally but you never know they may be ok.

kfinlay

cheers, I was hoping for recommendation from someone who has had a repair done hence the 'long shot' bit.
my mate is also checking out options over there too - never does any harm to do extra research though

satanas

I think there are at least two or three in different states but cannot vouch for anyone; I haven't needed to have a broken frame repaired. It's not rocket science though and if you look at Calfee's website (USA) they have before and after pix of some repairs they've done, whch often look virtually as new.

rpd_steve

No sure in Oz but can deffinately be done. I run a motorsport team with a composites dept in the UK and last week we repaired a carbon Bianchi which had a 1" chunk out of the down tube, stress tested it and then repainted it. I think there are some pics of during repair, after sanding and then after paint on our website so you can see the sort of results you should expect from a good place:

http://rpdmotorsport.com/gallery.php

If you really get stuck email us and we can normally turn it about in 48 hours + carrage... Have you any pics of the damage?

kfinlay

Thanks for the help guys, I'll pass the info on