I-25 was just outside my door so it was a fast getaway out of Cheyenne. The bike screamed at the distance and it melted in submission to the dauntless intrepidity of this bike and rider. I was the can-do kid this morning, ready for whatever this day had to offer up. It was bright and sunny all the way north through Wyoming. I shed the coat about 10 a.m. Not far after I took this picture I was passing through Hardin, Montana. The Battle of Little Big Horn, also known as, Custer's Last Stand , took place near here. You can see the grave markers from the highway. I stopped at a nearby rest area and when I came out of the rest room an Indian man of an age with me had laid out his display of...

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 Even more strange, some people have either built companies to repair CF frames or added CF frame repair to the repertoire. I returned my Calfee Tetra Pro to Calfee who did a great job of repairing my frame and making my complex custom paint job look as new. Engineer and pro bike racer Brady Kappius has been making and repairing composite parts for five years, and has become a fixture in the lively Boulder, Colorado, cycling scene for his frame-saving skills. Broken Carbon is a new venture, and offers repairs of a worn area for as little as $100, or repair of a completely separated tube starting at $225. If you want a perfectly matching paint job or decals, it’s best to take the repaired frame to an expert finisher. com frame: I had a bad accident where I broke my hip shredded my downtube and cracked both blades of my fork. Broken Carbon will do small, single-color paint touchups and clearcoat work, but isn’t a paint shop. The bike corners and descend mountain passes and canyons as well as when new.

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