A quick google and it seems unlikely!

…but I go home today to find a small area of the laminate on my carbon bars had been burn’t, exposing the top layer of weave underneath and scorching the edge of my shifter window.

Bike not kept in direct sunlight and no magnifying glasses were present!

Has it been vandalised or is there some other explanation?!

Left outside on bonfire night?

Good thinking but alas no. It’s been kept inside while I’ve been away for a couple of days.

Has to be accident/vandalism.

a mystery indeed..

Ahh, that’s what it’ll be, hot rock burns from smoking the pipe whilst riding. I must lay off the crack.

on a bike with exploding 29er rims ? – you’re lucky to be alive

I took a chunk out of one of my carbon bars when a headset remover hit it. Got right down under the top varnish and into the weave.

Filled it with araldite and carried on using it with no problems. I’ve scratched all the other carbon bars I’ve had with various depths of scratch and no problem there either.

If its just the lacquer then don’t worry about it.

Ahhh, but that wasn’t the question….

You haven’t had any solvents or battery acid or the like lying round have you?

Dreadlock based friction burn?

^most plausible explanation so far^

No solvents or the like. Do have dot 5.1 in my avids, not been bled for a long time though.

He hasn’t denied having Superstar brake pads…

LASER VISION?

I have solved the Mystery.

Last week I had my chainstays welded. (doh!)

I’ll see if my girlfriend has any clear nail polish.

But your chain stays are at the complete other end of the bike.

How did that happen?

Sparks will also fly outside of STW

Not done any welding then ashley?

Joat no I havent sorry!

But surely even if welding chain stays and sparks fly that’s quite a way for them to travel!

But having never welded before I would know! Just trying to understand how it happened. Next time I won’t say anything.

No offence meant there ashley. Just a sarcastic way of giving an answer, I’ve used this forum for far too long. Hot little molten bits of metal can bounce all over the (work)shop when welding, probably a good lesson to anyone with delicate ‘plastic’ components when having welding work done.

I should have known better as I have done a fair bit of welding. Thought the guy I took it too would have taken the initiative to cover up the rest of the bike. Well, actually I thought he probably wouldn’t but that it would be unlucky if something like this were actually to happen and hoped I’d get away without stripping most the bike.

Oh well. Not worth worrying about.