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Accidents happen. Sometimes more than once. This carbon fiber Giant Defy arrived at Ruckus after having been crashed not once, but twice. As is common in crashing, they damaged their seatstay and it needed a full repair. Whether or not its a full repair, send us your carbon fiber frames for inspection as well. There’s...

Sometimes things go horribly awry on rides. This carbon fiber Colnago C50 came to us with a broken seatstay and a ripped off dropout, so naturally we inquired what happened:
"I had to make a repair to the chain while out on a ride. This left the chain short a few links. I had the chain in the big front chain ring and shifted into 1st gear. Everything was fine ...
Carbon fiber hardtail mountain bike frames inherently take a beating due the the nature of where and how people ride them. Subsequently, we see many cases of seatstay or chainstay damage for these type of frames. This one was a completely routine repair for us, and we were happy to save another frame and make another customer stoked!