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Brady Kappius (2010 Morgul Bismark) Photo Credit: 303Photo

Living in the cycling hot bed of Colorado new cycling related businesses are popping up all the time. A few weeks ago we highlighted GoVelo Sports and today we are talking with Brady Kappius and his business Broken Carbon.

[303Cycling] Tell us a little about Brady Kappius (i.e. education, experience, cycling etc)
[Brady] I started racing bikes at the age of four with the encouragement of my Dad who was racing at the time (and still is). Continuing in his footsteps, I choose to get an engineering degree from the Colorado School of Mines in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering. I then continued my education at the University of Colorado at Boulder with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. I currently race mountain bikes and cyclocross professionally for Clif Bar. I've always enjoyed tinkering with stuff and my first carbon experience was about 5 or 6 years ago making carbon fiber bottle cages. Since then, I've learned a lot more about carbon through my own experience as well as through my formal education. I am happy to provide a service that I think is useful to many people. 

[303Cycling] Give us some background on Broken Carbon (i.e. services, cost, experience etc)?
[Brady] Broken Carbon can repair a wide range of damaged carbon frames and components. My most common repairs come from crashes, shipping damage, and simple accidents where the bike happens to fall over. Prices can vary depending on the severity of damage, but the range is usually from $100 to $200. I have also repaired carbon wheels but they can be a little more tricky with brake surfaces. My range of service is pretty diverse, I've done some fun stuff with aero bars, disc wheels, and downtube protectors.  Everyone is encouraged to shoot me their ideas or problems. I'm always up for a project! Turn around times are quick, on average around a week with expedited repairs down to 24 hours possible.  Surface finishes are all nude carbon with your choice of matte or gloss and unidirectional or a 3K weave pattern.

From the City of Boulder BikePed News

The Boulder County Transportation and Parks and Open Space departments, along with the City of Longmont, will open the north segment of the Longmont-to-Boulder Regional Trail on Thursday, July 14. The trail segment is nearly three miles long and stretches from the Lefthand Valley Grange Trailhead on North 83rd Street to the North 95th Street bridge at Lefthand Creek in Longmont. Trail segment map.

Learn more about the Route from the LOBO Route PDF

Learn more on the Golden Spoke Event this Thursday as Riders
from Boulder will meet riders from Longmont half way! How cool!

“We are very excited about the completion of this section of the LoBo trail because it provides a long-awaited off-street alternative between Gunbarrel, Niwot and Longmont,” said Kristine Obendorf, Boulder County’s Regional Trails Planner. A public ribbon-cutting ceremony with officials from Boulder County and Longmont will take place on July 14 at 4:30 p.m. at the Lefthand Valley Grange Trailhead near the corner of 83rd Street and Niwot Road.

Group bike rides from Longmont and Boulder that will meet at the Lefthand Valley Grange Trailhead for the ribbon-cutting ceremony are being organized. Information about the ride from Longmont is posted online. Contact Sue Prant at bikesue@gmail.com for information about the ride from Boulder.

The new trail crosses Lefthand Creek just north of Oxford Road using a refurbished pedestrian bridge from the City of Boulder that was part of a three-way bridge swap among Boulder County and the cities of Longmont and Boulder. “We are happy about the partnership with Boulder County as we were able to replace a functionally obsolete bridge and replace it with a new structure that meets all current standards and allows for a trail underpass,” City of Longmont Project Manager Tom Street said.