Can You Repair A Carbon Fibre Bike?

Clock00:00, Sunday 9th September 2018

Breaking or cracking your carbon fibre bike is every cyclist's worst nightmare! Ollie took a visit to Carbon Bike Repair to find out if carbon is repairable and how the process works.

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Repairing carbon fibre is not an easy process and takes meticulous work in order to make it successful. In this video, Ollie is shown through the whole process of repairing broken carbon fibre. He also talks through the cost of the process and whether it's always worth repairing.

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