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Just picked up a carbon 29er mtb frame and whilst there is a 3m type guard on the underside of the downtube I wanted to ask whether people fit a more robust one?

When I ride the trails on my zesty I am always hearing loud bangs where a flint or rock is clattering the underside of the frame.

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Posted : 27/07/2013 8:43 am
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Nothing at all on mine and its a bit of a state, not much paint on the downtube left and lots of rub all around the head tube.
Looks cooler now than it did new, remember chicks dig scars!


 
Posted : 27/07/2013 9:38 am
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3M tape for me and it seems to be coping ok.


 
Posted : 27/07/2013 9:40 am
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If you want one buy one, you will be gutted if its something you thought about and didn't do and you get a hole on your downtube.

Try these guys out http://www.rockguardz.com/


 
Posted : 27/07/2013 9:44 am
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Just to play devil's advocate for a second - can't it take the lacquer/resin off if you leave it too long?

My Helitape took most of the lacquer off of my metallic on the Thorn 🙁


 
Posted : 27/07/2013 9:45 am
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heat it up before you remove it - helps preserve the paint finish. I fitted one of the rockguardz - it lasted a weekend in Kinlochleven where it got smashed to pieces, but others rate them so i might have just been unlucky.

Lots of alps riders use old innertubes - not pretty but does the job


 
Posted : 27/07/2013 9:48 am
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Saw lots of cut-up tyres on downtubes out in the Alps this year.

Looks quite cool but maybe not the right look for a carbon 29er.


 
Posted : 27/07/2013 9:57 am
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ive got a section of cut tyre down the lower portion of my downtube

not too pretty but does the job. i even trimmed off as many knobs as i could to make it look smoother


 
Posted : 27/07/2013 10:28 am
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Of course that begs the question... what tyres for my downtube?


 
Posted : 27/07/2013 10:43 am
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definitely fit something. If you fit a tyre then fit some helitape under it to protect against abrasion from trapped dirt which will very quickly make a hole.


 
Posted : 27/07/2013 11:08 am
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Put something on it. Why risk a new frame for the sake of £50 worth of material, and a few grams of weight.


 
Posted : 27/07/2013 1:27 pm
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If you want one buy one, you will be gutted if its something you thought about and didn't do and you get a hole on your downtube.

Try these guys out http://www.rockguardz.com/

Thanks. They look just the ticket. I will get one of those


 
Posted : 27/07/2013 1:27 pm
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Just bought a sheet of 3M backed flexible carbon 1.3mm thick for £23, 2 layers going on the downtube of my Tallboy Ltc...just in case


 
Posted : 27/07/2013 1:33 pm
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Google rubber sheeting - I got some sticky backed 4 or 5mm thick stuff from a random workshop in Birmingham. They wouldn't even take a pint off me.


 
Posted : 27/07/2013 1:44 pm
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Of course that begs the question... what tyres for my downtube?

Has to be a maxxis high roller.....


 
Posted : 27/07/2013 1:50 pm