Roof rack + underground car park = shame
Hi all,
After a ride at the weekend I managed to do the unthinkable with my bike on a roof rack while driving into a car park. No excuses. Thankfully it was very slow and even more thankfully the bike was forced out of the clamp and therefore it seems like the only damage, other than emotional, was that 2-3 square inches of paint on the down tube is (severely) torn off and has exposed the carbon and the paint is flaking on each side. Assume as a new poster I don't have permissions to attach images otherwise I'd upload, but hopefully that gives the general idea.
I have used the bike on the turbo since, with the carbon covered to protect from sweat, and it feels no different. Canyon have recommended a full frame replacement but this was low impact and I'm (fairly) confident the damage is only paintwork, but all advice and abuse appreciated.
Cheers
After a ride at the weekend I managed to do the unthinkable with my bike on a roof rack while driving into a car park. No excuses. Thankfully it was very slow and even more thankfully the bike was forced out of the clamp and therefore it seems like the only damage, other than emotional, was that 2-3 square inches of paint on the down tube is (severely) torn off and has exposed the carbon and the paint is flaking on each side. Assume as a new poster I don't have permissions to attach images otherwise I'd upload, but hopefully that gives the general idea.
I have used the bike on the turbo since, with the carbon covered to protect from sweat, and it feels no different. Canyon have recommended a full frame replacement but this was low impact and I'm (fairly) confident the damage is only paintwork, but all advice and abuse appreciated.
Cheers
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Sorry about your bike. Hard to say the extent of the damage without pictures, but even in some pretty extreme cases, carbon can be easily repaired.
There’s nothing like forks breaking at speed to spoil your weekend
#expensivemistake
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
The canyon offer for frame replacement is reasonable (bike is not that expensive) and it's possibly covered by home/liability insurance. Will get it checked out by the LBS but any further thoughts appreciated.
Cheers
That said, carbon is quite easy to repair in the right hands. Search for carbon bike repair in your favorite search engine and get some quotes.
You may find you can sell the frame and recoup some of the cost of the replacement, as people are happy to buy damaged frames at a discount in order to repair them.
A couple of friends have used these folks and have been very happy with the outcome.
carbonbikerepair.co.uk
Target Composites
Fibre-Lyte
etc etc
If it's insured though, replacement is best option.
#broken
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
or asked a load of people on the internet for theiropinion after asking the factory that built the thing?
#obviousinnit
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
I spoke to these people a few weeks ago and very helpful very honest and upfront about all repair costs. Highly recommended.
The manufacturer will always err on the side of caution.
Contrary to popular opinion, carbon fibre isn't completely brittle and can be repaired. There is a cost to this, but it may be preferable than just replacing the frame - depends on the frame, nature of the damage and the repairers estimate.
I don't know what Canyon are offering for a crash replacement - but it may be that it's as cheap to do that as it would be to get it to a repairers and get repaired....
Whichever way - it'll be safe enough on the turbo ...