Invisiframe fitting is this acceptable?

Id be sending those pics to Invisiframe and asking if the shop is an approved installer!!

Just what I was thinking, if they honestly think that’s in a good enough condition to leave the shop I’d be very worried. That needs ripping off and completely re doing.

Jackie at Nirvana cycles in Westcott does this..

She does an amazing job really invisible without a single bubble… but a frame can take ALL day to do properly.

So I’d be weary if someone does it for you at a cheap price..

I vow never to do it as it’s a bastard job, but my effort was way better than those pics above

Totaly unacceptable. Tell them to re-do it properly or give you your money back.

I did my own on the same bike and matt finish and got a much better result. It was also my first ever attempt at doing it. I would not be happy paying for that!

Totaly unacceptable. Tell them to re-do it properly or give you your money back.

Thing is, what if he makes a shit job again? How many chances do you give

Id be sending those pics to Invisiframe and asking if the shop is an approved installer!!

They are not on the “list”

He emailed invisiframe asking their opinion, Lee called him to say it wasn’t acceptable. I’ll update once I get full story from him

I’d get the money back then take it an approved installer with proof of good work.

If only you knew a fireman who was good at these sorts of thing

Is be be genuinely embarrassed for that to leave the shop if I attempted to charge for that.

Looks like a rushed diy effort at best and I suspect most diy applied kits are better than that.

Yeah that’s not good. I’ve done two. One that was a matte/gloss pack. Start to finish about 4 hours each. I’m not precious about my bikes but wanted a bit more protection for the paint.
Mine are only really obvious when there is dirt on the edge apart from that it’s invisi

If only you knew a fireman pensioner who was good at these sorts of thing

Or someone big in oil?

Invisiframe just makes me think of people who keep plastic covers on sofas, or leave the protective film on all their displays and aluminium surfaces. Original post looks like a rubbish job… but it takes an age to get right… and with all the time in the world, I’d never manage to do it without leaving bubbles. See also screen protectors on iPads and big phones. Needs a blower and a medical grade clean room.

That’s shit. It’s that sort of thing that gives all bike shops a bad name.

My RM’s top tube is covered in scratches and chips from uplift days.
And it looks better than that Invisiframe job 😆

That’s **** shite. I did better than that on my first Spitfire frame and I was drunk.

Yeah, I would not be happy with that either. Like others I went ahead and done it myself (was not invisiframe) and it was my first attempt also. I got a few bubbles but my effort looks slightly better than the first photos but a lot better than the last photo.

Needs a blower and a medical grade clean room.

And even then a stray pubic hair would somehow get in there. Always with the pubic hair.

If only you knew a fireman pensioner who was good at these sorts of thing

Has Mike retired too? I wasn’t talking about you….. Wouldn’t trust you to put a Peppa pig sticker on the fridge 😉

Has Mike retired too? I wasn’t talking about you….. Wouldn’t trust you to put a Peppa pig sticker on the fridge 😉

Some say he never started 😉 he’s just a shift dodger now.

You trusted me up on your roof tho🤷‍♂️

You’d have to be a teenager to think that was acceptable. Whoever did that either wasn’t allowed sufficient time, could not give two shits, or both. I’d never use them for anything again unless the boss was exceedingly contrite.

I did mine, it took a long time, and I won’t say it’s perfect, but the big bits are the easiest!

You trusted me up on your roof tho

were you fixing it with stickers……

Anyway what did the owner of the shop say ?

I take my comments back. Yep that’s a shocking job…. and be very very careful removing it. Make sure the tape gets heated before being removed….or you’ll pull your paint off. I did that on a custom frame a few years ago with a hugely expensive paint job. Cost me about £500 to get it fixed.

Invisiframe just makes me think of people who keep plastic covers on sofas, or leave the protective film on all their displays

In the past, I would have agreed, but I recently bought a used bike with it on and it is genuinely great. Almost invisible and seems more resistant to scuffs/scrapes than the paint. And if/when I come to sell I can take it off and it’ll look like new.

That job is hilariously bad though.

That second photo shows it’s an awful job. I’ve got limited patience but did a much better job than that with just a roll of 3M tape, a pair of scissors, tape measure, water spray, plastic card and a hair drier. It’s not invisible but only a few bubbles I can’t get out.

It’s certainly not going to dry out and fix itself on its own like the bike shop are saying 🤣

Not sure if it helps but when I invisiframed my bike i was in bit if a rush and there were a few odd bubbles. Took a couple of months but they have definitely subsided (some not perfectly)
My job was nowhere near as bad as that though!

or you’ll pull your paint off

Seen a few of those now.

more resistant to scuffs/scrapes than the paint

True. It’s ace on a kids bike as well… as long as someone else has paid for it and gone through the pain of fitting it and you’ve inherited it. It is useful, I was just joking. Don’t take it off though.

Yeah, I’d be taking it back and getting them to remove it and fix any damage in fixing it.

That’s a terrible job.

Buuump!

Hey Invisiframers, just spent the day sweating and Invisiframing the Throttle.. Every bit went on fine EXCEPT the most visible one, the top tube – got some fairly big bubbles made themselves noticeable in a different light… tempted to leave em, but is there a way to get rid, squeegy doesn’t do it, just stretches the tape.
Remove it and go again, or will that make things worse?
thanks!

Tip from a youtube vid – popped em 😊

I think once the tape dries they are very hard to remove, far easier when wet but also a bit harder to spot as tape tends to have drops of water that look like bubbles and bubbles that look like drops of water…

I got a couple of bubbles in mine but got rid of em with a needle slid into the bubble from the side. They will probably have water in that you can press out. It was a while ago but I think I might have used a hair dryer to soften them while pressing down. Can hardly tell now.

Update: after contacting invisiframe to get their opinion on it they have sent another kit FOC to bike shop. Well done them I see no requirement for them to do this
Against my advice The bike is back at shop today for removal and refitting. Shop said they would refit FOC 😂 ‘kin right you will

Good on Invisiframe, and here’s hoping they don’t let the apprentice anywhere near the bike this time!!!

It’s not great publicity for invisiframe really so not surprising they don’t want a bike out there with ‘that’ job on it, all it’d take is a few people to see it, get published somewhere with no context and that’s anything from a handful to 10’s/100’s of customers lost. After all, the whole point of the kits is that they ARE invisible.

Good on Invisiframe.

They’ve just done a brilliant job on eldest_oab’s new Rocky Mountain. It was a new model to them so they fitted a kit for free in return for him posting the frame down for them to measure up and make a pattern from.

Top work and customer service.

That is shocking, really detracts from the finish of the bike, if the bike came to the shop like that for example with bubbles under some decals or marks on it surely they would reject it.

Never seen so many bubbles in one section of wrap.I might be unlucky to get one or two over a frame send I’m terribly kack handed.

Good news and fair play to invisiframe

Good outcome.

It wasn’t acceptable, Invisiframe is pretty easy to install properly, it just takes a little while to get it on well.

I’ve always got the impression that Lee & his team are real perfectionists about their work, and I’ve had great customer service myself, so this is no surprise.

EDIT: superceded.

I couldn’t even attempt it. I’d be playing frMe Frisbee in 5 mins

Invisiframe is pretty easy to install properly

‘Kin hell, I shoulda sent this genius my kit and frame. 😛 I reckon by about my 5th frame I could do it much quicker, but it still wouldn’t be “easy”.

Found you can become obsessed with finding and popping the tiny bubbles, so shoved it back in the garage. Done.

good result for the OP’s mate anyway 😀

[edit]Exactly, jedi!