About EBC
Here at East Bench Composites, we are taking great bikes and repairing them sustainably, reducing the amount of resources it takes to get you riding again. We aren't trying to hide the fact that this is a repaired carbon bike, because carbon is rad, and we are proud of the fact that each bike that leaves our shop has been repaired correctly.
We use bicycle specific prepreg carbon fiber, minimize processing materials, and use aerospace proven repair techniques to return each bike to the original strength and stiffness it was designed to. When you get a bike repaired by East Bench Composites, you get to sleep easy knowing the bike you ride is as solid as your commitment to the environment.
We use bicycle specific prepreg carbon fiber, minimize processing materials, and use aerospace proven repair techniques to return each bike to the original strength and stiffness it was designed to. When you get a bike repaired by East Bench Composites, you get to sleep easy knowing the bike you ride is as solid as your commitment to the environment.
The Process
With our ultrasound capabilities we can tell if your bike will need a repair with accuracy.
We start with an A-Scan pulse-echo ultrasound combined with a tap test to ensure all the damaged material is removed from the bike.
Our skilled technicians read the carbon laminate layer by layer so that each replacement ply of carbon fiber is properly oriented to match the original layup of the bicycle thereby matching the original strength and stiffness. We design our repair patch unique to each bicycle we repair, using the aerospace standard 20:1 Scarf ratio to ensure proper load transfer from the patch to the parent material.
We use only the correct prepreg carbon fiber with optimized fiber/resin ratio in order to eliminate voids, volatiles, and uncured resin. We cure our patches using a heat controller that is constantly self adjusting to ensure the specified cure cycle is completed. Lastly, we inspect our work with the same A-scan pulse echo ultrasound that we started with to ensure that no damage remains.
We start with an A-Scan pulse-echo ultrasound combined with a tap test to ensure all the damaged material is removed from the bike.
Our skilled technicians read the carbon laminate layer by layer so that each replacement ply of carbon fiber is properly oriented to match the original layup of the bicycle thereby matching the original strength and stiffness. We design our repair patch unique to each bicycle we repair, using the aerospace standard 20:1 Scarf ratio to ensure proper load transfer from the patch to the parent material.
We use only the correct prepreg carbon fiber with optimized fiber/resin ratio in order to eliminate voids, volatiles, and uncured resin. We cure our patches using a heat controller that is constantly self adjusting to ensure the specified cure cycle is completed. Lastly, we inspect our work with the same A-scan pulse echo ultrasound that we started with to ensure that no damage remains.