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FlyingLaZBoy Moderator '16 ICE SprintX fs, '16 Rocket, '12 KHS Mocha Posts: 5803	Cracked FRP seat on SprintX Oct 28^th, 2017, 8:48pm Discovered a crack forming near the bend of the seat on the SprintX... Contacted ICE about it, and they said they have seen a couple a few years ago, but none recently -- but considered it a 100% warranty replacement. I attribute it probably to bending stress from leaning into curves, given the location.
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jayg

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Re: Cracked FRP seat on SprintX
Reply #1 - Oct 28^th, 2017, 9:49pm

Quote from FlyingLaZBoy on Oct 28^th, 2017, 8:48pm:

Discovered a crack forming near the bend of the seat on the SprintX... Contacted ICE about it, and they said they have seen a couple a few years ago, but none recently -- but considered it a 100% warranty replacement. I attribute it probably to bending stress from leaning into curves, given the location. I'll put up a couple pics, in a while.

Haven't had my ICE VTX's carbon seat crack, but have had my Carbent's seat crack. Successfully repaired it with epoxy and glass cloth. Painted the repair with semi-gloss black paint.

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FlyingLaZBoy Moderator '16 ICE SprintX fs, '16 Rocket, '12 KHS Mocha Posts: 5803	Re: Cracked FRP seat on SprintX Reply #2 - Oct 31^st, 2017, 10:49am Interesting, considering you weigh about half what I do...!!!!
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Re: Cracked FRP seat on SprintX
Reply #3 - Oct 31^st, 2017, 3:39pm

Quote from jayg on Oct 28^th, 2017, 9:49pm:

Quote from FlyingLaZBoy on Oct 28^th, 2017, 8:48pm:

Discovered a crack forming near the bend of the seat on the SprintX... Contacted ICE about it, and they said they have seen a couple a few years ago, but none recently -- but considered it a 100% warranty replacement. I attribute it probably to bending stress from leaning into curves, given the location. I'll put up a couple pics, in a while.

Haven't had my ICE VTX's carbon seat crack, but have had my Carbent's seat crack. Successfully repaired it with epoxy and glass cloth. Painted the repair with semi-gloss black paint.

Jay!! You have to ride it before it can break!!!!

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jayg

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Re: Cracked FRP seat on SprintX
Reply #4 - Oct 31^st, 2017, 4:09pm

Quote from FlyingLaZBoy on Oct 31^st, 2017, 10:49am:

Interesting, considering you weigh about half what I do...!!!!

Well, I wasn't going to mention that. Cheesy

But seriously, if you weren't going to exercise the warranty, aircraft-grade epoxy and glass cloth would fix it. In addition to repairing my Carbent's seat with aircraft-grade epoxy, used it to glue the seat back on the bike, after the top layer of carbon on the frame tube came off with the seat. Tough stuff.

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FlyingLaZBoy Moderator '16 ICE SprintX fs, '16 Rocket, '12 KHS Mocha Posts: 5803	Re: Cracked FRP seat on SprintX Reply #5 - Nov 1^st, 2017, 8:56am I'll keep that in mind, oh Repair Master!!!!
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