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    Default Re: PolyTube Cycles

    really intresting to see what your able to do with carbon and always good to see your repairing merida frames. enjoyed the feature on you in rennrad and hope that it brings you in loadsa work.

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    I'm not in Europe, nor need any carbon repairs currently, but this is a very interesting story to follow! You have a lot of energy and initiative, clearly! Very interested to keep reading about your business and observations about carbon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by savine View Post
    really intresting to see what your able to do with carbon and always good to see your repairing merida frames. enjoyed the feature on you in rennrad and hope that it brings you in loadsa work.
    Thanks!I like Merida. This is my personal MTB:


    I know, it has really cheap parts on it but you know how the saying goes: The shoemaker always wears the worst shoes. One of these days I'll buy some good stuff for it.

    I Kevlar coated the rear end to make it bullet proof:
    Cheers
    Kevin

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    It's amazing how much can happen in just 6 Months. To start, I bought my first real lathe. It's a 1956 VÖEST that was originally sold to the German army.



    I also had a very big job from a major German maker. They had the Di2 hole for the RD re-drilled to fit a special plug to fit Campa as well. The jobber that did it used the wrong tool, which caused fraying. They sent them to me to be fixed - 125 frames in 3 weeks. I can't say who it was but all of them were sold as new.

    Finally my Pavo Puzzle is finished. Here are a few shots:




    What is not on the pics are the wheels. Front is a Windcheeta 3 spoke wheel with a worn though breaking flank. Rear is a Storck that was cracked at the valve hole.

    I've put over 600 km on it including a downhill run at 75 km/h. Here's a list of what was done:

    Frame - broken in four parts - repaired, internal cable routing and toptube lengthened (20 mm)
    Fork - broken 10 cm above the crown
    Handlebar - cracked from the break handle
    Cranks - both cracked at the pedal axle
    Pedal - right pedal cracked at the clip hinge
    Seatpost - Alu top loose
    Bottle cage - wings cracked
    Front wheel - flanks worn through. replace with an Alu flank for clinchers
    Rear wheel - crack at the valve hole
    RD-hanger - made new from carbon
    FD-hanger - made new from carbon
    Spacer - made new from carbon

    What I still need is a 90 - 100 mm stem and another bottle cage. If anyone can help, it would be greatly appreciated.
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    Kevin

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    Default Re: PolyTube Cycles

    Rose.......Nah wait, Stevens, use a fair bit of Campa.
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    I like it that you have a shoe polish machine in your shop as well.
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