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Sad Day
After noticing some play in the bottom bracket of my 2012 Cervelo R5 last week, I contacted our local VeloFix mechanic (I don't trust my LBS with this bike) to check it out and repair/replace parts as needed.
VeloFix showed up yesterday morning and proceeded to pull the cranks and BB from the frame before asking me to come have a look. I was gutted to hear, and see, that the BB shell has de-bonded from the frame on the drive-side. The mechanic confirmed he's not a carbon fibre expert but he did not feel that the shell could be re-bonded or epoxied back to the frame with any chance of it being round or having long term success. |
Originally Posted by bOsscO
(Post 22985699)
The mechanic confirmed he's not a carbon fibre expert but he did not feel that the shell could be re-bonded or epoxied back to the frame with any chance of it being round or having long term success.
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A person competent in working with the materials should be able to rebond the shell to the frame. After all, it is bonded from the get go. It's just a matter of possibly building up some carbon thickness, epoxying the shell to the frame, and making sure the alignment is spot on.
Might be a good excuse to buy a new bike/frame. It would certainly be more fun! |
It most likely could be fixed. Also if it's a metal insert shell then who cares if it's "round" afterwards? most often there are secondary machining processes that need to be done anyway that would bring it into spec.
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