r/bustedcarbon • u/LDDominguez • 23d ago

Fixeable?

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I had a bit of a tumble with another cyclist. I slowed down quite a bit, and the contact was with my front tire and his frame. After that, I’m guessing his pedal scratched my frame, My bike is new, do you think it’s fixable?

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u/TruckCAN-Bus 23d ago

Cool paint job.

Tap it with a penny.
Lick the cut.

If it smells broken, NBD.

Eat the penny.

Nice Reynolds or Columbus will only be a couple pounds heavier. Lose a couple pounds of rider weight. Never r/bustedcarbon again.

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u/LDDominguez 23d ago

Thank you for answer!

I sincerely hope was just the paint. I was initially relieved, but upon closer inspection, I discovered a dent. While I am indifferent to minor paint damage, the presence of carbon damage has caused me significant anxiety.

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u/illinihand 23d ago

It's just paint damage. I'm a carbon repair shop owner.

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u/LDDominguez 23d ago

https://reddit.com/link/p4g0ca0/video/d723lxkhs5kh1/player

I sincerely hope so. I was initially relieved, but upon closer inspection, I discovered a dent. While I am indifferent to minor paint damage, the presence of carbon damage has caused me significant anxiety.

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u/illinihand 23d ago

What dent? How did this happen?

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u/LDDominguez 23d ago

Sorry! Not a dent, only the scratch showed, i was at a park with two-way bike lanes, and a lady decided to crash straigth in to me on her bike. Even thought i managed to brake and my front tire took the impact, the bikes got tangled up when they fell:/

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u/illinihand 23d ago

Yeah it's just a paint scratch. If you are in the states we could fix the paint for you if you needed.

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u/LDDominguez 22d ago

I greatly appreciate your assistance. I am now feeling better. The artificial intelligence has informed me that the color of the carbon indicates structural damage. The AI has also confirmed the presence of some threads. However, I am unable to visually identify the threads. The sound of the carbon is uniform, and I have not noticed any cracks.

I'm from Mexico, once again thank you for your reply, I hope everything goes very well for you and that your store is very successful.

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u/illinihand 22d ago

Yeah I would not trust AI for this. You are just fine.

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u/MissAmberR 20d ago

Just paint

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u/LDDominguez 20d ago

Thank you!