One of my lovely daughters has managed to damage the top tube on her race carbon frame. Basically about an inch long and 3/4s of inch wide on top of the top tube about 6 inches from the head tube.
An old frame so not really worth being sent away but thinking about trying a mend.
Has anyone tried it and know where to get the gear to do it?
I've repaired a seat stay that was cracked. I ordered the kit off of Ebay, followed the instructions, it's not pretty but it is very strong!
Easy Composites do starter kits if you are looking for small quantities.
A mate repaired a pretty badly cracked cube stereo carbon frame (underside of the top tube) a few years ago. Pretty sure he got most if not all the stuff to do it from Ebay, as far as I know its still in use without any issues. No idea how he actually did it but don't think it cost a lot
Cheers guys. Not worried about pretty just looking for something to see out the season.
Easy Composites were the goto place for small to medium quantities of stuff for repairing RC Gliders for me.
Yep, easy composites for resin/hardners with 50p sample fabric to make up your layers
The damage may not be as significant as you think. It's certainly in a low stress area.
My LBS sanded back a cracked MTB frame and back filled with a two part expoy which may have also had carbon fillings in it for me, held fine for a year till I upgraded the bike.
I recently repaired my Cube Reaction with a diy kit bought of eBay. It was damaged on the down tube by the water bottle mounts. Only ridden it once since I repaired it but it felt fine, time will tell I guess.
One thing I would say is make sure your scales are sensitive/accurate for weighing out the epoxy & hardener.
