How To Repair The Carbon Bikes Frames ?

Since carbon fiber essentially took over the performance cycling world nearly two decades ago, the carbon bike industry has continued to crank out ever-lighter, stiffer, and more impressive designs.more and more cyclist choose the carbon fiber frames bikes to get more comfortable and fantastic riding experience.

But carbon fiber products can also be more obscure and mysterious than their metal counterparts. many people didn’t know carbon fiber bikes can be repaired when it is broken and didn’t know how to repair it when there are some crack or broke. Actually,carbon frames can be repaired and the bikes after repaired still take its original performance when riding. now let’s show you how to repair the carbon bikes when you found your bike broken.

1,Find the broken placement and disassemble it from your bike.

You need to inspect the bike carefully to find the broke place,then take it down, so that repair the frames more conveniently.

2,sanding the broken area

Sanding from the damaged area to make sure the sanding area is bigger than the broken, so that the carbon fiber can be covered the area completely. then clean up the sanding area.

3,masking

To keep the epoxy confined to the repair area, please mask off the rest of the bike.you can tape the remaining area that needn’t to be repaired.

4, Mix the Epoxy and layering

cutting three sheets of carbon fiber fabric so that the sheet can enough big to cover the damaged area completely.The damaged part is fully soaked with epoxy resin, and then the surface of the damaged part is evenly brushed with a layer of resin, and then the carbon fabric is wrapped around the damaged part one by one. Finally, wrap the carbon fabric by the electrical tape.

5,dry the repair area.

Using the heater or hair dryer to make the carbon fabric dryer.

6,Remove Tape and Sanding

After the resin is cured, remove the electrical tape and polish the surface flat (do not wear the carbon layer).

7,Paint/Refinish Frame

Spray the bottom colour you want,then put the letter to cover the area. then paint the finish coating and sanding again. you can refer the professional related painting video instruction for spraying.

last step,assemble the frames to bikes and tight all components. Then a repair of carbon frames bike is completed.

Of course ,above repair is suitable for all kinds of carbon bikes such as carbon road bikes,carbon mountain bikes,Electric carbon bikes etc,but not all damaged carbon frames bike can be repaired like it.If your carbon road bike meets a horrific accident and the damage is deep, you cannot make sure how terrible it broke. Then you need to take it to professional shop to inspect it. They can carry an ultrasound inspection to know how is your bike inside broken.