C40 Carbon Frame Repair Recommendation- A Shoutout!!

[cd_davis]

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

[cadence90]

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.

[buckfifty]

Could try Kirklee. I had him repair a seat stay and he did a really good job

[SoCalSteve]

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.

[cadence90]

Originally Posted by SoCalSteve

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.

I have never sent anything to Ruckus, and never would now because of the large number of negative comments.

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.

[CiclistiCliff]

Joe's is reportedly the original Kestrel carbon guy. We sent a coworkers frame for paint stripping and custom graffics and quality is fantastic.

[pdmtong]

Originally Posted by cadence90

I have never sent anything to Ruckus, and never would now because of the large number of negative comments.

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.

Originally Posted by CiclistiCliff

Joe's is reportedly the original Kestrel carbon guy. We sent a coworkers frame for paint stripping and custom graffics and quality is fantastic.

I've spoken to Joe's the past few years at sea otter. a viable option

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.

[cadence90]

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.

[cadence90]

Originally Posted by pdmtong

I've spoken to Joe's the past few years at sea otter. a viable option

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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[cd_davis]

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!

[Cicli]

Originally Posted by cd_davis

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!

Awesome,
Any chances of some before and after photos?

[parris]

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.

[cmbicycles]

I had a repair done by Drew at cyclocarbon, and it was very good and very reasonable. Mine was the seat tube on a Lemond Victoire ti/carbon bike and had had no paint to match so that likely helped the price. Jack Kane is supposed to have good skills/reputation for carbon repair (and builds his own frames) so could probably easily handle making new dropouts if that is what was needed. His price quote for my repair was a tad higher than Calfee, but included a machined insert to reinforce the area.

[Johnnyg]

Second Toby at Hot Tubes. He did a repair to my Storck. Great guy and excellent work. Good luck. JG

[SpeedyChix]

Excellent news. Glad he was able to repair it and it turned out well too.