and recommendations for each please?
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Frame Protection Pads or Tape?
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Posted 2 years ago #
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Copter tape from Just Riding Along. Not cheap but has done a great job on my new Orange 5 after a week in the Alps last week. Loads of scuffs to the tape but nice shiny paint underneath!
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easy to apply?
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it goes on best with a little help from a hair dryer
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Nah - get the foam pipe lagging from the plumbers merchants and pad that steed! Works a treat.
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Bubble wrap and gaffa tape. Keep your bike looking like new.
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ive ordered some of that bike tape stuff from biketart.com but will bare in mind the bubble wrap and gaffa tape set up.
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If proper helicopter tape is too expensive try Duck Window repair Tape
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Duck-Weather-Repair-Tape-50mmx25M/dp/B000TAQL72
It doesnt last as long but it only costs a fraction
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I used ProGold tape - 2 full bike packs (£19.99 each), cut and fit them over a year ago to my 2009 TREKEX8. They are going slightly yellow (10%?) but the tape is thick and has saved the paintwork from numerous scratches and dings.
I'll probably peal it all off and reapply soon. I cut it to fit the top of the top tube, underside & sides of downtubes, rear swing arm, etc - and obviously where the cables move and rub the paint.
I suspect the yellowing has come from me rubbing her down with GT85 to make her shine...
No ugly patches.
A lot of effort to get all teh air bubbles out - and you'll need another pair of hands to help you when applying the long tricky bits.
S
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Wow Steve P thats dedication I only have a couple of patches on the headtube and a patch on the left seatstay where my heel scuffs.
But my bikes are scratched to hell and need a respray so I reckon something in between is needed
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Depends - do you have an ugly bike or not?
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self amalgamating tape is good for the swing arm where u get chain slappage.
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should have added i am not planning on covering the whole bike just the usual rub points and maybe the down tube.
But thanks for all the advice.
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Trident racing for helicopter tape, cheap as chips, well it was when I bought it last time. Comes in various widths.
Contact
http://www.tridentracing.co.uk/info/various.htm
Unit 31, Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Northamptonshire NN12 8TN
Tel: +44 (0)1327 857822 Fax: +44 (0)1327 858096Posted 2 years ago # -
Steve Ps bike earlier today
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I bought some helicopter tape, applied some to the downtube of my Trance, stood back, and promptly peeled it back off.
Looked crap, which kind of defeats the object.
Just stuck a few patches on cable rub points and live with it.
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