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I have a new hero. Hushyar Ali devotes his life to defusing landmines.

Caring for your carbon frame was a nice find I made while rebuilding by bottom bracket.  I stumbled on it while trying to figure out the best way of re-attaching my chromed metal chain stay protector.  The glue was giving way and the thing was ready to fall off.

While Jim Langley’s page was very useful it wasn’t until I talked to the guys at Cyclesmith that I learned about double-sided carpet tape.  Besides sticking quite well the carpet tape — what I ended up using — has some thickness to it which I think will keep the edges of the chromed piece away from my carbon stay.

I finally did my own servicing of my bottom bracket. It was squeaking like crazy. I have the Shimano FC-7800 Hollowtech II Crankset and used the Filzer Hollowtech tool from MEC.  It wasn’t really that hard but luckily I found some videos to help make sure I am on the right track. The best video I’ve found features Nick at Hope Technology. I am always petrified that I will over tighten something on my carbon bike so I also purchased the Filzer (Low) Torque Wrench also from MEC.