Already scratched it !

[Cyclopathic]

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.

See. That carbon stuff is rubbish. If it was my bike it would have taken the bridge down.

 

[Cyclopathic]

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...

Was at teh Leicester Classic yesterday and one bike on top of a support car had a few leaves and twigs flying from the bars on one of the bikes that it had picked up from some low branches.

 

[e-rider]

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

any shop that hands over a bike with the post down is worth avoiding. typically the bike is shipped with the post/saddle not attached - the shop would have put it in, and only a complete dick would have pushed it right in on a brand new bike not knowing how tall the buyer was going to be.
Just today, I took my son (age 6) into Halfrauds to try a few bikes for size, the assistant immediately zig-zaged the post down!!! My son tried the bike for size before we made a quick exit!.

you might need to de-burr the seat tube

 

[mrbikerboy73]

Just took a chip out of the paint on my 2 week old Giant Anthem with a gate on a bridleway
Oh well, it's not so new any more!

 

[Saluki]

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.

I had the same problem trying to find the right colour of cherry red to touch up a ding on my guitar. I'm going to just have to take the guitar in I think.

Bummer about the scratch. At least it won't rust

 

[up hill struggle]

could i just say that anybody who has recently bought a new bike & scratched it that I am willing to give the bike a new home if your no longer happy with it. Steel, alloy even carbon fiber, I don't mind & will gladly take them.

on a more serious note though you can get touch up pens that will hid the scratches, not the paint pens that Halfords sell but these are more like a clear liquid & you just run it over the scratch & it disappears instantly.ive had to use it more times than I care to remember on the car after the kids open the doors and hit things. You can can get them in pound shop but these need to be reapplied after you wash the car or bike but if you get more expensive ones they will dry & be a permanent solution for scratches.

a car scrapped the front my car bumper last year on holiday when an elderly man misjudged the angle of his car when trying to squeeze into a parking space and I ended up with quite noticeable damage to my car. He did offer to fix it but once I gave it a go over with the pen it was barely noticeable apart from the deepest score, even if the paint has been removed & under coat is showing these pens will still hide the scratch.

Asda also do them but I haven't tried the brand they sell.