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[Oscar's dad]

Interesting quote from someone commenting on the Triband 3 review on Cycling Weekly's website ...

... the wrench at Decathlon told me that the frames were made by Dedacciai in Italy and rebadged, which I was rather dubious about until I saw a review for a bike with the exact same frame reviewed in a magazine, selling for £1,299 and with Dedacciai splattered all over it. The frame set was available for £799 whereas the full Sport 2 was only £499! Must have been one hell of a fork!
...

[Jurek]

.... swinging from the handlebars, 'A' managed to do this to her beloved Pro CR1


That hole's big enough to pop a £2 coin into it, BTW
'Put it in the skip' was the blanket advice offered to 'A'.
I had other ideas....

'You can fix that' said the man from Mclaren's  carbon fibre research lab.(Yes, that Mclaren) And then he told me how.*

Darren of Carbon Bike Solutions did this to it, and posted it back to me




Later that same day, I did this to it:


Today, I finished making it into this:


If it ever stops raining I'll let you know what it rides like.
I fancy it'll be no slouch.


*Thanks SOTR

[jogler]

that's a spamtastic resurrection Jurek

[zigzag]

i'm more impressed by your paint job, than the repair! now, bottle cages - black? or white? or black on the seat tube and white on the down tube? or other way around?

[Canardly]

That is pretty amazing. All carbon repairs I have seen hitherto looke like a large band aid has been applied.

[Jurek]

i'm more impressed by your paint job, than the repair! now, bottle cages - black? or white? or black on the seat tube and white on the down tube? or other way around?

No paint involved.
Really.
I don't do wet medium, I'm an engineer - if I cannot cut it, I am not that interested.
Wet medium is for the artists.....
As a generalisation
I pulled Scott's logo from their website. It was horribly pixellated - so I re-drew it using Adobe Illustrator.
I scaled it up and had a friend in the printing industry print it to vehicle-wrap vinyl.
What you can see in the pic called 'Later that same day' is essentially a big sticker which covers the entire down tube.
Look closely and you'll see the edges of the sticker by the head tube and down by by the bottom bracket.
Easy peasy.
Well... no, not actually - given that the tube changes dimension in all three planes, and you have to accommodate the bottle cage bosses....
It was never going to be a concours job.
But I'm more than happy with the result.
I'm not trying to hide the fact that it has been repaired.
Carbon bottle cages (black) are currently on order. Forza. Same as on the Van Nic.

Right now?
I'm pretty sure it is the lightest of the four bikes I have.
Could do with a spot of dry weather to see how it rides...

[delthebike]

But I'm more than happy with the result.

Oh no! There's only one "T" in Scot!   

[Jurek]

But I'm more than happy with the result.

Oh no! There's only one "T" in Scot!   

[Deano]

That's a cracking job, Gromit Jurek.

I doubt anyone will notice the repair, unless you point it out.

[Cudzoziemiec]

It is pretty smooth.

Did the shopping bag just bash into the down tube and do all that damage?

[Jurek]

Carrier bag gets caught in rotating wheel.
Wheel stops rotating.
Rider does not.
Rider  executes a graceful airborne arc....

'A'was lucky to retain her good looks.                                 

[Cudzoziemiec]

  

[PH]

Darren of Carbon Bike Solutions did this to it, and posted it back to me

*Thanks SOTR

Neat job and they're next to a cafe that's a control on a couple of Audax.  How long before someone asks if they can do a repair mid ride?

[Sergeant Pluck]

Great job, Jurek 

[Kim]

I pulled Scott's logo from their website. It was horribly pixellated - so I re-drew it using Adobe Illustrator.
I scaled it up and had a friend in the printing industry print it to vehicle-wrap vinyl.
What you can see in the pic called 'Later that same day' is essentially a big sticker which covers the entire down tube.

Outstanding!   

[Tewdric]

You are hereby awarded the second ever YACF Order of the Brown Overall.   

[zigzag]

just wondering what item in a shopping bag had caused the damage - a can of baked beans perhaps or some kitchen utensil?..

[Jurek]

just wondering what item in a shopping bag had caused the damage - a can of baked beans perhaps or some kitchen utensil?..

Haddock.
A 400g pack of fresh haddock, was all that it took to perforate the frame.

[Jurek]

You are hereby awarded the second ever YACF Order of the Brown Overall.   

I'm curious, as ever, as to who is the other.
Do tell.

[JonBuoy]

Not bikes but  -  this is a nice, if somewhat lengthy, video showing a carbon repair on a glider fuselage:

[Tewdric]

Zig Zag was awarded the first one for that chemical dropout modification with the bike suspended in the kitchen sink!

[Jurek]

Of course!

It did occur to me that it might've been Von Broad, but that would've been the Persistent-Stubbornness-and-Grit-and-Determination-No-Matter-What sew-on patch.
Or was it a medal?

[clarion]

I think Jens Voigt got the Von Broad medal...

[Notsototalnewbie]

Photos are from a phone, so not the best quality...

Rob's new addition to the family, on a sunnier day than today:



And my new Brompton onna practice commute (no I don't work in FatBoys) today, in much less favourable weather.

[Jurek]

Thing is....
as your commute will be passing Fatboys daily (near as dammit), will you be able to resist...........?

I know I'd prolly struggle.
Pastrami on rye with grilled sauerkraut?
Hmmm? 

Nice Brommie, BTW