Already scratched it !

[Doyleyburger]

Picked up my new bike this afternoon and iv just finished setting it up for myself......however when raising my saddle it scratched all down the side of the seat post from the point where I raised it. The clamp was plenty loose so I'm not sure why it's made these marks.
It's really p***ed me off coz iv never had this problem before, and it's a carbon seat post to boot !


Just venting really, but if anyone has any info as to why it's done this, I'd be most grateful

 

[RebornBumbler]

Probably not a particularly well finished seat tube end, at a guess.

On the upside, you can stop worrying about scratching it now, and just cane it around the place in wild abandon!

 

[Doyleyburger]

Iv managed to cover it up relatively well with a permenant marker

 

[jack smith]

I was going to say sharpies work great for little touch ups

 

[al-fresco]

Take comfort in the wise words of Surly: "When I see a bike looking all pristine and new, without any dirt or scratches... I feel kind of sad."

 

[mrandmrspoves]

I was going to say sharpies work great for little touch ups

Is that something you learnt from watching Rolf Harris?

 

[ianrauk]

When I got my (then) brand new Spesh Roubaix Elite. I was wheeling it into the conservatory from the garden when the door decided to shut and dinked the frame.... very annoyed.

 

[marcusjb]

Take comfort in the wise words of Surly: "When I see a bike looking all pristine and new, without any dirt or scratches... I feel kind of sad."

I like that! I was still rather hacked off when, before we had even ridden it, one of the cats jumped onto our new tandem and knocked it over causing a paint chip!

 

[Goobs]

Does anyone do paint match touchup sticks ala Halfords car scratch repair kits ?
Black is ok to find but random light blue or other light colours show up bad colour matches too easily.

 

[mrbikerboy73]

I find badly touched in chips and scratches look worse than if it's been left alone. If done well, it shoud be hardly noticeable.

 

[Globalti]

Nail varnish works well and is thick and glossy like bike paint.

The downside:

I went into my local Boots with a small chip of red frame paint stuck to some sellotape and asked the assistant if she could help me find the right shade. From the start it was clear she didn't believe it was for the bike and I was actually a trannie. She took me over to the nail varnishes and helped me ever so sweetly, probably thinking "glad I've been trained for this". Nothing I could say about the bike appeared to change her attitude and on a couple of occasions she had to bite her lip to stop herself from saying "this one would really suit you!"

Oh well.

 

[djb1971]

Don't worry about it. I've just dented under my downtube and taken big chunks of paint off the sea tube riding on boulders. The bikes only a few weeks old.

It's character.

 

[Doyleyburger]

Iv kind of got over it now. I think when I get my rear light it will cover it up anyway.

 

[Oldbloke]

The lads in my old LBS told me about a woman who bought a wildly expensive cf bike as a surprise present for her hubby, had them load it on her roof bike bars, on her way home she went under a low bridge and wrecked it.

 

[Goobs]

The lads in my old LBS told me about a woman who bought a wildly expensive cf bike as a surprise present for her hubby, had them load it on her roof bike bars, on her way home she went under a low bridge and wrecked it.

You see thats why I won't get roof bars for the bike.

We once drove down to Bristol with a roof box on and arrived too early to get in the cottage so decided to go shopping to kill time. It wasn't till I got to the second floor of the multi storey car park that I worked out what the noise from above was...