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Colin	Colin posted 10 Years Ago Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 1, Visits: 6	I have a carbon bike frame and the down tube has a hole about 1" long (in direction of the tube) by 1/4"wide. Would your Carbon Fibre Rapid Repair Kit fix it? Also would a wrap of Lightweight Kevlar flat braid increase the strength of the repair? If it increases the strength, would you put this on first and then cover it with the repair kit treatment?
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Fasta	Fasta posted 10 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 468, Visits: 3.5K	Colin (22/08/2014) I have a carbon bike frame and the down tube has a hole about 1" long (in direction of the tube) by 1/4"wide. Would your Carbon Fibre Rapid Repair Kit fix it? Also would a wrap of Lightweight Kevlar flat braid increase the strength of the repair? If it increases the strength, would you put this on first and then cover it with the repair kit treatment? Don't worry about any Kevlar, all carbon will be stronger and easier. Fastacraft Facebook page
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sebgron	sebgron posted 10 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 13, Visits: 27	Have a look at this, although I would not recommend fixing a carbon frame unless you know exactly what you are doing. Carbon Fiber Bike Repair- Video Tutorial 1 of 2
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Matthieu Libeert	Matthieu Libeert posted 10 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 955, Visits: 3.4K	I did a repair as well on a bike and made a tutorial on it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQuy2D315Hk Have a look, like stated above, be sure you know what you are doing and keep in mind it is still a risk you are taking to repair a broken bike frame Matthieu Libeert Founder MAT2 Composites X Sports website: www.mat2composites.com
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