Originally Posted by Palomar01

CF gets its strength from the weave of each layer. Is it possible to get the same strength back once that weave is broken and "repaired"? My company did a lot of research into that for aircraft CF and the answer is no. You have to replace the whole piece that is broken. How do you do that with a CF bicycle frame? If it were a large piece of aircraft fuselage, then sure--replace that piece. Maybe if you replace a whole section of the frame's triangle....it leaves a lot of doubt in my opinion. May as well replace the whole frame. In fact, I would do that whether it's an AL, Ti, or CF frame. Not worth my hide just to save a bicycle frame.