I got a message today that Cannondale are putting a new swing arm on the frame, hopefully back to me by the end of the week. Not sure what colour the new swing arm will be.
So far impressed with the service from Paul’s Cycles and Cannondale. Ironically the reason I spotted the crack was that I was giving the bike a good clean and check before putting it up for sale.
Been a while since I updated the thread on my sons Trigger build, going back a year now he was racing at Steel City, he'd put in a conservative first run and going for his flying second.
He misjudged the dusty surface at the bomb hole and slid into a stump, right in front of a big audience. I didn’t see it but I heard the crowd give a big cheer when he got back up to complete his run. Talking to a marshal there was a moment they weren’t sure he was going to get up… I apologise to the photographer I bought a few pics from the event but couldn’t bring myself to buy this one…
The chainstay had hit the stump pretty hard, I have to say it looked pretty terminal, which was a shame as the build was only a few months old.
Rather than write off the frame I picked up a carbon repair kit for a fishing rod, as it included a fine weave carbon and heat activated compression tape. First step was to clean off the surface paint and get a better look at the damage. Now it's not looking as bad with the surface layers sanded away. I filed out a rectangle where the new carbon fibre would sit.
Now I cut 3 pieces of carbon fibre with the layer pattern at 45 degrees, and put them in the space soaked in the epoxy. A bit of electrical tape keeps the epoxy off the good paintwork.
Now I cleared off the excess and wrapped in the shrink tape, keeping everything compressed while it cures.
Cured, cleaned and polished it looks pretty good. I did consider filling and painting but I decided it was neat enough as it was.
After a little bit of tentative riding, and checking the repair, normal honing resumed!
Nearly a year down the line, and one rear rim and headset later, the repair still looks good so I think you can say successful.
Good work! Just for the sake of it, here's a considerably less rad picture of my alloy jobbie still going strong on a quick ten-mile jaunt the other day, foraging for pasties, when I heard rumours of an open branch of Greenhalgh's bakery.
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Just to get this old thread going again, I recently bought some replacement headset bearing races for my Trigger 2 27.5 with Supermaxx Lefty 2 fork. Only problem is I can't figure out how to get the bloody fork off the frame! Any suggestions?
I've tried youtube and as someone kindly pointed out before, am a bit hamfisted at spannering!
Loosen lefty clamp bolts, remove stem and whack down on top of steerer with soft mallet. Steerer should fall out the bottom so you might want to hold onto the lefty. Then just slide lefty off frame.
Nice one. Will give that a go. I do hate hitting my bike with a mallet thought!
