I was lucky enough to catch a big nail in the rear wheel.
It went into the tyre and straight through the rim, almost poking out the other side. And as a result, the nail head scraped under the brake bridge. You can see where it’s gouged the caliper.
So I’m thinking this may be a liability now.
However, that was a month ago and I just discovered it last week. It’s been 1300km since the damage was done.
There’s no holes in the carbon and no obvious broken bits. But there’s plenty of gel coat missing, probably down to the carbon.
I can’t bend it or hear any cracks and it rides the same so I’m thinking just ride it and keep an eye on it. But is it gonna collapse eventually and give me an arsectomy?
There’s already a much bigger hole in the bridge, where your brake bolts through. A missing or broken SS bridge isn’t going to crash you out, and consider how thin and flexible the SS can be on a frame and still ride fine. It’s the CS that usually fail.
Put some clear nail polish over it, give it a look over when you clean the bike, don’t sweat it too much.