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12-06-2016, 09:24 PM
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C40 Carbon Frame Repair Recommendation- A Shoutout!!
Have a 2000 Colnago C40 bought new. Right rear dropout is showing signs of fatigue - "galvanic corrosion" or de-laminating both on the drop out itself and on the intersection of the chain stay and the drop out. Left side is OK.
The frame is in excellent condition but requires attention to the drop out. Besides Calfee, who else can perform such a repair, replacing the drop outs on each side. Thinking the drop out material should be changed from AL? to titanium or stainless. Can post pics if required to highlight condition. Thanks for your help. Chris Last edited by cd_davis; 03-21-2017 at 06:09 PM. 
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12-06-2016, 10:09 PM
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Given the various plus/minus reports I have read regarding many other carbon repair shops...for a mint and cherished C40 I would start with Calfee. And I would stop there.
There's a reason you mentioned them and no one else in your post. Last edited by cadence90; 12-07-2016 at 12:47 AM.
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12-06-2016, 11:41 PM
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Ruckus is a DONT recommend. I believe there is a shop close to Calfee's place that does some of his overflow work...Joe's maybe??? Cheaper and just as good, from what I have heard.
I'm sure someone will weigh in on this.
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12-07-2016, 12:20 AM
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Yes, the shop that apparently also does some of Calfee's overflow is Joe's Carbon Repair/Carbon Solutions, also in Watsonville. They do carbon repair and paint.
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12-07-2016, 12:40 AM
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Joe's is reportedly the original Kestrel carbon guy. We sent a coworkers frame for paint stripping and custom graffics and quality is fantastic.
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12-07-2016, 12:49 AM
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Suggest to also make a call to Edgar at RRVelo http://rrvelo.com/repairs.html He used to run mfg for calfee. Calfee is $$. there is the repair. then there is paint. then there is decal to match. my $400 repair would bloat to $800 for paint and decal match (downtube on a s-works tricross) no thanks. I put a sticker over the repair. it's my cx racer and rain beater.
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12-07-2016, 12:52 AM
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03-21-2017, 06:18 PM
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Parlee Cycles in Beverly MA recommended Toby Stanton of Hot Tubes in Shirley MA. Known for his paintwork, Toby is an accomplished carbon repair guy.
Long story short - local, no shipping back and forth to the West Coast; perfect carbon repair and matching paint in one shop stop; repair completed in promised time AND price passed the CEO at house/spouse test. Toby is passionate too about cycling and sponsors the Hot Tubes Junior Team, internationally known. A big thanks to Hot Tubes!
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03-21-2017, 06:24 PM
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Any chances of some before and after photos?
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03-21-2017, 07:27 PM
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Although he's not an option due to location you may want to look at Luescher Teknik's website for general carbon info. He's also on YouTube on the cycling maven channel as well as his own channel. He shares some really great info. His name is Raoul Luescher.
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12-07-2016, 12:50 AM
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Yes, Joe's seems very legit, with a very good reputation. My correspondence with them (Jim Pyatt) was very good.
They have also developed an extremely durable clear coat, which they call Magna Clear. It looks very interesting.
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03-22-2017, 07:44 AM
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03-22-2017, 05:36 PM
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03-22-2017, 08:19 PM
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Well, let me tell you about my experiences with Ruckus. So I have my VXRS that needs a new BB shell insert. I read tons of great stuff on BikeRumor. They sounded great. Never knew anyone who actually went to them. So I called them up when a friends BB shell insert became loose in his Milani frame. They said sure, we can fix that. So I sent them the Milani and my VXRS. I told them the Milani needed to be first. And we'd do my VXRS second if everything went well. So they said sure thing and started things up. I was told 4 weeks- it was winter and they weren't busy. I was like, cool! Do it up. 13 weeks later, many unanswered emails and phone calls/voicemails, I finally get an answer that the frame was done. They shipped it out to me. When I got it, it was so f'ed up. So this frame was dead perfect. Not a single scratch on it. Only a mark from the front derailleur clamp. What I got back was scratches, sanded down sections, a bunch of pain overspray and a bb shell insert that had epoxy in the threads. And mind you, there was a ton of damage in areas like the headtube, the top of the downtube, the top tube, dropouts. Areas they never needed to be near to fix the bottom bracket. I called them up, told them what happened and sent them pictures- I still have the pictures by the way. They said it clearly didnt go thru QC. I was like, you think? So I sent it back to them. They said they'd take care of it and let me know when it was done. 6 more weeks later, I get the frame back. This time, it had overspray on the seat tube, down tube and top tube. It was like they tried to paint over the f'ups and made it worse. So I called them up and sent them pictures- yes, I still have the pictures. I told them what was wrong and they told me they will talk about everything and figure out what to do. A week later, I get a call and they tell me that the frame has caused them so much heartache and stress that they don't want to work on it again. So they sent the frame back messed up and then told me they won't repair their screw up. In the end, $1500 later for a repaint, it's fixed. It's a multi-color, all paint, no decals carbon frame. I attached 5 of the some 3 dozen pictures I have. I can post more if you guys want. But needless to say, I got my VXRS back before they did anything to it.
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