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What would you do? I have a 2012 Trek Madone 5.9 56cm frame with a crack in a seat stay. Noe it seems fine to fix as a number of places will do this but I don't need the frame as have replaced it. So I could sell it but should I get it fixed first? Or would a buyer prefer to arranged that themselves so I should sell as it is? Or is it not really worth selling on and I should just keep it as a spare?
http://www.carbonology.com/carbon-bike-repair-centre-c-163.html
First owner? If so, get it replaced under warranty. If not, worth asking anyway.
Hopefully Trek replaced under warranty 😯
Why not warranty it?
It's not clear but it sounds like you have already had it replaced under warranty and now you are looking to either sell it unrepaired or repair it and keep it?
If you got it replaced free why not give it to a local cycle club for a junior rider. I've done this with a few of my old frames.
How much would you be after (as is)?
No Trek wouldn't sort under warranty - impact damage.
Not sure what it's worth but someone offered me £250 which felt low - if that's all its worth then maybe I would keep as a spare.
A friend had a crack in a similar place of his 4/5 year old frame so took it back to where he bought it from and Trek suplied him with a brand new frame.
Worth a go surely?
Edit; Ignore, too slow typing.
Impact damage and it's only got a single crack. Now I'm not (currently) an engineer, but something doesnt sound quite right there. You sure there's only one crack?
Oh it's kinda like a dent with a crack either side running up the stay about 2 cm - the dent is roughly fingertip size. I've ridden on the frame since the damage as the dent is on the flatter side at the back leaving the majority of the rest of the stay intact so seems pretty strong still to me.
Look up 'second impact strength' for plastic frames. Morally I wouldn't sell it.
Fibre lyte are cheaper than the above for repairs and their quality is excellent
It CAN be fixed, you just need to find the right people, a friend of mine who works for McLaren got one fixed, the chain stay had been snapped in two in a crash. I got a complete report on it and repair, you'd not even know it'd been done.
Looking at the various bike cf repair places I've found on the web they can repair some pretty impressive damage, no doubts a seat stay would be OK, especially as it's not the most important structural tube on a bike - most chain stays are so strong these days.
Tricky one, agree I'd prob get it repaired as it's a seatstay but only if I wanted to carry on riding it. I'm not sure I'd ever buy a repaired carbon frame though, and certainly not for more than bobbins as you just never know the history. How much is the repair? If it's more than £100 I'd take the £250 offer, otherwise I'd hang onto it unrepaired for a bit as a spare in case I ever needed to build up a second bike (and get it repaired when I needed it).
HQ fibre products at Lingwood near Norwich will sort that out for you for under £100. They'll replace the section of stay completely and leave it ready for painting (or leaving as a war wound). They've done all sorts of fabrication and repairs for big brands and teams over the years I believe. Basically a bloke in a shed, but very well recommended.
Got to be worth £500 repaired. Just make sure you let the buyer know it had been broken - and who repaired it.
Sell it as-is but be clear about the damage.
I would only have confidence in a repaired frame if I'd sorted the repair myself.