atrp2biz

After riding through a bumpy residential area, I noticed my back wheel was rubbing against the chain stay. Causing the wheel misalignment was a complete fracture of the drive-side chainstay where it connects to the dropout. Picture is attached. Is this repairable? If so, what are the costs and general logistics of getting a repair? LBS? Mail?

HillRider

Yes, it's repairable but at what cost I have no idea. Is the frame a good one and is it under warranty? If not, is it worth putting some money into or are you better off replacing it?

Craig Calfee of Calfee Designs (https://calfeedesign.com/repair/) is a very well known and respected carbon repair service and may be able to give you an estimate. You (or your LBS) would have to strip the frame and ship it to them.

Ask around at your LBS or bike club to see if there is a reliable carbon repair service closer to home.

fietsbob

I Cannot tell from the picture ,, Craig Calfee in San-Francisco Cal is a professional that repairs carbon frames ..

Nothing in the SF Bay area is Low Cost.

Bought it in a Bike Shop there, in Calgary AB? Thats the 1st stop.

CliffordK

First, find out if your frame is under warranty.

I'm having troubles telling from the photo. Is the fracture through an aluminum dropout insert, or through the actual carbon fiber.

If it is an aluminum dropout, then it could be replaced. Unfortunately the parts are often proprietary, and it may be difficult to get parts from the manufacturer. Some people have had replacement dropouts custom milled, then epoxied in place.

atrp2biz

^It's through the actual carbon. You can see the offset on the chainstay.

Unfortunately, it's not under warranty. It was a pinkbike purchase a coup,e of years ago.

AnkleWork

Can't tell much from the photo. Maybe try again with better light, resolution, focus and the extraneous parts moved away from the area in question.
If it really was broken just by riding on a bumpy road, then it is not worth repairing.

fietsbob

You, can see that, I see only a tiny picture , Insufficient information in that .

CliffordK

What brand and model is it?

Have you taken the wheel out? It looks a lot like a cracked dropout insert, and not the actual frame members (seatstay/chainstays).

If the part is removable... somehow... then it never hurts to contact the manufacturer to try to buy the replacement part.

No doubt getting it fixed will be a bit of a hassle/headache. And you may be better off just buying a good used frame.

atrp2biz

Merida Scultura--older model.

Definitely not just the insert. I'll take a better picture tonight and will adjust the chainstay to show the actual fracture.