the prices are crazy
We’re taking push bikes that cost more than the average person spends on a car.
When you’re looking at the difference between a £600 and £700 bike, that’s an important £100 as you’re probably struggling to save up/afford it and you have only that much in the bank.
When you’re talking £6k vs £7k you’re well into the discretionary spending of high earners. I’m guessing few potential buyers are going to be balancing buying this with also paying for the ski holiday, the Porche, etc etc.
It’s a bit like the inflation headlines at the moment. It’s 5% if you can afford a new flatscreen TV, cars, and whatnot. It’s nearer 300% if you’re on the breadline because that’s the rate bread, pasta, baked beans, rice, etc have risen.
Wouldn’t it be possible to dissolve the glue/carbon fibre layup with something? Could you just bung the whole thing in a really hot oven?
Epoxy isn’t soluble in anything AFAIK.
Repair should be quite straightforward though. Just cut the damaged tube back, slide a smaller reinforcing section inside the tube and glue into place then build up the layers on the outside.