Kiox Buttons Snapped

[Topper85]

Hi,
Only my second ride out on my new bike and took a decent tumble over the handlebars. ??‍
All good, but my Kiox Buttons strap has snapped?
Any solutions out there?
Thanks

 

[MrPeaski]

Have you tried good old super glue?

Remove all the parts to it from the handlebar and try gluing back together.

 

[Topper85]

Have you tried good old super glue?

Remove all the parts to it from the handlebar and try gluing back together.

That was what I was thinking. I've spotted replacements for £50 but pretty annoying to replace the whole controller when it is just a plastic ring

 

[Nicho]

Hi,
Only my second ride out on my new bike and took a decent tumble over the handlebars. ??‍
All good, but my Kiox Buttons strap has snapped?
Any solutions out there?
Thanks

View attachment 64758

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I have used it on a few plastic items such as a car door mirror, which have proved difficult to fix with other adhesives including super glue.
So far it seems to work reliably, but I do not know how good it would be if your screen got another knock.

 

[Craig24]

Just done the exact same, did you manage to glue it?

 

[Topper85]

Just done the exact same, did you manage to glue it?

Glue on its own didn't survive. I used glue and black electrical tape. The tape is barely visible and has held strong

 

[Craig24]

Cheers, I tried gorilla glue but it failed. I’ll try again and add tape

 

[All4Fun]

I would try 2 component glue with 1 or 2 layers of fiberglass.
Managed to repair several small things in the past years.

 

[Craig24]

Thanks, something like araldite?

 

[Craig24]

Ok, tried a araldite and no luck, I think the problem is there is such a small contact area at the break.

Any other suggestions? It’s really hard to clamp it together when glueing as it’s such an awkward shape.

 

[RustyMTB]

I thought of drilling a hole into either piece & inserting a pin/dowel to hold the pieces together, then gluing it but it looks too fiddly on reflection. The only other thing I can think of is using something like Flo Plast solvent weld & I'm fairly sure that only works with the right kind of plastic. TBH the last time I used it was to weld together a shower waste pipe!

Might be worth asking a modelling shop I.e. Hornby, Airfix, that sort of place. Those guys trade in all sorts of weird & wonderful adhesives,

 

[All4Fun]

Solvent is a no go for this type of repair, use glue.
But glue only will hold the pieces together, not withstand forces.
You have to reinforce it, imo, there's enough surface on the outside for a layer of fibreglass.

 

[Flupke]

The same thing happened to me this week: one pedal was stuck in a rut and I felt on the Kiox buttons. They’re are still functioning but as on your picture the circle is broken and it is an integral part that cannot be replaced.

I am actually happy that my rib didn’t break as it the contact point is still painful. So the shock was not so light: the Kiox buttons do not seem so fragile.

I was considering to buy a replacement part (it can be found for 50€), as stupid as it may sound. I prepared myself but looking at some videos explaining how to mount the cable: there is event no need to wire things: the command comes with a cable terminated directly by the contacts for the Kiox screen. See
you just have to make sure you order the right cable length (290mm or 350mm).

but I tried first a repair.

I doubt glue would be strong enough to repair, given the tension to pull the parts apart: although the underlying rubber has some relief that may help to reduce the tension on the plastic. I decided to rather use super strong tape doing about 6 turns perpendicular and around the Kiox broken ring. With the tape start-and end-cut positioned in a way that it would be compressed on the handlebarl. I used underneath first some “strong repair tape” and then some more pretty and more elastic all-weather black tape for finition of road bike handlebars.

To my surprise it works very well.I just have to avoid pressING super strongly the right button as that one is cantilevered.

Hence I postponed the replacement of the part indefinitely. I will eventually consider it is a last resort option.

 

[Craig24]

That looks pretty good and seems a lot less fiddly than glue. I think I'll give that a try, thanks!

 

[Topper85]

Super glue and black electrical tape. Fixed many months ago and haven't thought about it since.

 

[Reaper]

Hi,
Only my second ride out on my new bike and took a decent tumble over the handlebars. ??‍♂
All good, but my Kiox Buttons strap has snapped?
Any solutions out there?
Thanks

View attachment 64758

Same happened to me! Looks exactly the same
drill a small hole in both sides of the break (just big enough for nylon tie strap) strap it and glue it!
mine has held beautifully

 

[Craig24]

That’s a nice idea, I’ve just taped mine for now but might try that, wasn’t sure it would survive drilling into.

 

[Flupke]

Same happened to me! Looks exactly the same
drill a small hole in both sides of the break (just big enough for nylon tie strap) strap it and glue it!
mine has held beautifully View attachment 86362

I think your approach is much more resistant …but a bit more complicated and a bit less visually appealing than the glue+tighten black tape.

Note that the rubber part in contact with the handle bar has a kind of « notch » which I think already renforces the circular solidity if it is tightly fixed to the main plastics with the tape.

 

[Topper85]

Same happened to me! Looks exactly the same
drill a small hole in both sides of the break (just big enough for nylon tie strap) strap it and glue it!
mine has held beautifully View attachment 86362

Nice idea! But over engineered and ugly as fuck.

 

[Swiss Roll]

Might this be a case for plastic welding? I was a bit sceptical at first, but it seems it works. I dunno if it might work for this plastic, but you could reinforce it with steel mesh, like this video, around 6.30 in this video:

 

[Swiss Roll]

There is an actual tool for this, I see, if you don't want to bodge it with a soldering iron:

 

[Craig24]

I like the idea, just not sure there is enough contact area on this bracket for that type of repair?

 

[All4Fun]

Welding like that is for thermoplastics, not for this type of repairs.