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Video: Crushing a Carbon Bicycle Frame in a Trash Compactor

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Sent in by Daniel from Art’s Cyclery in San Luis Obispo, CA.  “I thought you might be interested in a video we did here at the shop last week where we destroyed a BMC Time Machine frameset in a trash compactor. No need to shed a tear for this frame, as it was already mortally wounded before it was given the Star Wars treatment.”

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Henry
Henry
11 years ago

AWESOME video! Thanks for the share

erikv
erikv
11 years ago

D’oh! Could have called Ruckus

vectorbug
11 years ago

It’s a little dirty, it’s still good, it’s still good!

vectorbug
11 years ago

PS: But will it blend?

rinconryder
rinconryder
11 years ago

I recognize that bike! That was my girlfriend’s time machine that was replaced under warranty. The seat binder bolt had punched through the bottom of the top tube from a too long screw.

maddogeco
maddogeco
11 years ago

i was worried about the durability of BMC bikes before plonk down the cash for a granfondo GF2 disc. Im not worried now. I know that its a aluminum frame that i’m looking at but still good to know

Jeff
Jeff
11 years ago

SAWHEET!!!!!

Ventruck
Ventruck
11 years ago

:/ Would’ve liked to have the fork.

Andrew
Andrew
11 years ago

Americans,need to say more ? Oh,wait….Californians.

me
me
11 years ago

oh soooo awesome, i need a trucker hat and a job in a bike shop.

Ian
Ian
11 years ago

The guy in the compactor looks like he could be part wookiee

Fisho
Fisho
11 years ago

I could still ride that frame.

Chris
Chris
11 years ago

Amazing how many people who work in bike shops don’t seem to realize that carbon frames can in fact be repaired. I’d wager good money Craig Calfee could have repaired it.

notmikeb
notmikeb
11 years ago

This is why I ride a custom Waterford steel touring bike and not one of these “plastic” bikes of today. I’ve been parking mine in a garbage compactor for years without a problem. Steel is REAL!!!!!!

notmikeb
notmikeb
11 years ago

@Chris – When a frame is warrantied, It gets DESTROYED!!! This is not the decision of the bike shop, they are destroyed because the only way BMC will provide a replacement is if the old frame is either returned for analysis or made unrideable by the bike shop. If you were the customer who owned the frame which would you prefer? Spending $300-700 to get your frame fixed from Calfee or getting a BRAND NEW ONE FOR FREE?!?

Hmmm
Hmmm
11 years ago

If it can be repaired then it should be repaired. The small amount of energy to do so would be far less than the energy required to make a new frame. This throw away mentality is so ‘human’. We waste all the bound energy we put into making things far too often.

Brush
Brush
11 years ago

Chewie, get the falcon ready!

Jordan
Jordan
11 years ago

hmmm: I don’t disagree but I too would prefer a new bike for free to a repaired broken one that costs me money.

EricNM
EricNM
11 years ago

…ya know, it never would’ve cracked if it had rack and fender mounts…

Mark W.
Mark W.
11 years ago

@nonmikeb
This is a racers bike, with all the time and money it would take to get the frame stripped to send out for shipping, repair time, processing, cost of the labor and parts, and time to rebuild the frames you would are looking at a good part of someones racing season and their budget to do so. A warranty frames is a much smarter option for BMC from a business stand point, the customer gets their problem fixed faster with a totally new frame for little to no cost to the customer. Then after all of this the friend says that their frame broke and they got a new frame quickly, not that they spent lots of money and waited many weeks for the frame to be repaired.

Besides think of the people that buy these kind of bikes, triathletes. They are going to be the least understanding about all of this.

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