Well, I posted up on Slowtwitch and the local Chapel Hill bike group areas asking if anyone had essentially a "bin job" time trial frame. Not something like shrapnel of carbon in a bucket, but maybe something that was a 5 to 10 year old frame with the components picked off of it.
A guy in CH responded "have one for free, come get it". I looked up the frame before driving out, legit frame. Went to get it, needs work, but nothing un-manageable at all. He rode it as-is for quite a while. I never would have.
Basically it's a 2008 Felt DA with bayonet fork. Also gave me an HED base bar and a pretty run of the mill 105 crank with a used Rotor Q ring.
Lots to do on the to-do list. Disassemble and clean the fork/headset and see if it needs a new bearing. New threaded BB bearings. Fix the carbon with my leftover repair stuff. Run cabling and acquire brakes. I'll try to find an OEM spec sheet so I can buy the correct rear brake.
Base bar is really nice, but, may prove problematic given it's out of production and needs the clamps for the skis. They're a weird part. I could borrow time on the BIL's milling machine and mill out a pair of clamps for about $15 in material I guess, then use the skis from my current TT clip on's.
So, here it is:
Sand/cut out the rot, put on new, wait to cure. I can see why you sand out so far. While you're teasing the fabric and resin onto the part it's not a super tidy affair. This repair will be solid, I did a patch on the spot and 3x wrap around. However, I think the edges on this one will be a bit uglier than my other repair job I've done. That job got painted anyway.
This is a fun project given the low investment. When you've dumped thousands into a brand new bike you feel really apprehensive messing with things too much. This thing? Nope. Of course I'm not going to get all ham fisted with it.
I'm probably going to get a Wheelbuilder disc cover for my spare wheels and a Superteam tri-spoke on the front. Yes, a superteam. It's a budget build. If I can find a 10 speed rear disc cheap I'll do that instead of the cover.
Next task is fabbing up attaching my skis/pads to the HED base bar. Can't decide if I want to fab a bracket or just drill the base bar. The bar is huge, and solid. It is not hollow, it's a pretty heavy hunk of carbon for what it is. There "may" be room beside the stem for the original clip on clamps, but I'd have to maybe shave a tiny bit from the clamps to fit them.
I'll likely try that first as it is less destructive.
Original:
Cut out, mostly:
While that's going on, I wet sanded the fork with some 2000 grit and threw on a new coat of clear. Once dry it won't be that glossy, to more closely match OEM, but this is kinda how it'll look.
I'll post progress pics as things happen.
A guy in CH responded "have one for free, come get it". I looked up the frame before driving out, legit frame. Went to get it, needs work, but nothing un-manageable at all. He rode it as-is for quite a while. I never would have.
Basically it's a 2008 Felt DA with bayonet fork. Also gave me an HED base bar and a pretty run of the mill 105 crank with a used Rotor Q ring.
Lots to do on the to-do list. Disassemble and clean the fork/headset and see if it needs a new bearing. New threaded BB bearings. Fix the carbon with my leftover repair stuff. Run cabling and acquire brakes. I'll try to find an OEM spec sheet so I can buy the correct rear brake.
Base bar is really nice, but, may prove problematic given it's out of production and needs the clamps for the skis. They're a weird part. I could borrow time on the BIL's milling machine and mill out a pair of clamps for about $15 in material I guess, then use the skis from my current TT clip on's.
So, here it is:
Sand/cut out the rot, put on new, wait to cure. I can see why you sand out so far. While you're teasing the fabric and resin onto the part it's not a super tidy affair. This repair will be solid, I did a patch on the spot and 3x wrap around. However, I think the edges on this one will be a bit uglier than my other repair job I've done. That job got painted anyway.
This is a fun project given the low investment. When you've dumped thousands into a brand new bike you feel really apprehensive messing with things too much. This thing? Nope. Of course I'm not going to get all ham fisted with it.
I'm probably going to get a Wheelbuilder disc cover for my spare wheels and a Superteam tri-spoke on the front. Yes, a superteam. It's a budget build. If I can find a 10 speed rear disc cheap I'll do that instead of the cover.
Next task is fabbing up attaching my skis/pads to the HED base bar. Can't decide if I want to fab a bracket or just drill the base bar. The bar is huge, and solid. It is not hollow, it's a pretty heavy hunk of carbon for what it is. There "may" be room beside the stem for the original clip on clamps, but I'd have to maybe shave a tiny bit from the clamps to fit them.
I'll likely try that first as it is less destructive.
Original:
Cut out, mostly:
While that's going on, I wet sanded the fork with some 2000 grit and threw on a new coat of clear. Once dry it won't be that glossy, to more closely match OEM, but this is kinda how it'll look.
I'll post progress pics as things happen.
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burnthesheep: Nov 16, 18 11:25