First ride with my Voodoo when it was new and the head-tube badge popped off.
Nowadays, it has no badge and no stickers leaving everyone to wonder what the heck it is. (Now they'll never know it's from Halfords!)
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What was the first Blemish on your new bike?
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Posted 2 years ago #
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Can't say it ever bothers me scatches and the like. I have a habit of crashing every new bike I've had first ride anyhow. Take it off road for a lark about, it's gonna get marked, why worry? Current 5 Spot is dented and scuffed and still rides schweet. New one will be a raw finish, so I'm likely to be even less bothered.
Posted 2 years ago # -
" crispy bacon - Member
Bike less than month old, cock leg over TT & scrap it with cleat - gutted "
Snap.
Posted 2 years ago # -
I have to be a bit precious about my latest bike, as it's carbon - to the extent of protecting the downtube with some rubber....
My last Enduro had plenty of battle scars, but looking after it saw a return of 50% of what I paid for it after 3 years, whereas my mate who didn't look after his Stumpy saw a return of 17.5%
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Dancake the next time you service your forks why not take your lowers off with th bike upsidedown removing the basenuts, so no need to damage the lower levering the seals up.
Indeed!
TBH though, you should be able to do a lift/ clean/ squirt job without too much damage! I probably wasnt as careful as I claimed originally and I had had a few beers (Hence the silly Stantion/ lower naming faux pas)
Never mind; a few dents in the paint is a small price to pay if the payoff is increasing the life of your forks...(although as I said it was clean as a whistle under there and the foam was still wet from storing the bike upside down...)
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I have to be a bit precious about my latest bike, as it's carbon - to the extent of protecting the downtube with some rubber....
If you believe what you read, my Meta frame will snap at some point and Ill have a new warranty replacement
...NB there is something intensely sexy about a Carbon SWorks frame....and Braided brake hoses? PERVERT!
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My frame came in Raw, so was already blemished and marked.
Posted 2 years ago #
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