I was washing my bike the other day, and massive lumps of paint started flaking off. Anyone know any good ways of touching up the damage? Failing that, are there any good tapes available which I could use to mask the affected area? I've looked for some sort of carbon fibre tape but I've only found one normally used for scanning electron microscopes, which sounds far from ideal!
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 where has the paint flaked off?
If its around a weld, check for frame damage (i.e. cracked weld).
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 If the frame isn't cracked, get a respray! You can't really 'touch up' the paint on a frame without it looking obvious. Unless you're amazing...
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Thats correct, i am able to carry out such a task. I charge over the odds for it tho!
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 How old is the bike, Check your warranty and send it back.
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 Fake carbon tape is easy to find but it's just carbon effect printed on. Your LBS should be able to get you the real deal - Pace make it for about a fiver a set: http://www.pace-racing.co.uk
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 theres a key between 'i' and 'p' it's got the following letter on it 'o', it may come in handy
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I've had the bike for about four or five years now: it's a Cove Stiffee, and the paint has flaked on the down tube and looks really tatty. All the welds are fine, though!
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If it has a lifetime warranty you can still get a respray or even replacement.
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 Is it flakes or damage from stones etc?
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it's damage from stones and general trail debris which has chipped the paint
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In Africa, where the bikes get a hammering being thrown on the roof of any available transport, those with something half decent, wrap the tubes in clingfilm or even more resitant, old inner tubes cut into ribbon and wound like handlebar tape around the tubes etc. A replaceable protection which can be removed when the going is less harsh or for cycling to the pub.
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 i always ensure that i deflect all rocks with my shins in order to protect my paint. In addition I always ensure that if I fall off the bike lands on top of me thereby protecting it 
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 if you have a new bike then helocopter tape is the best way to protect paint work.
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 The name "helicopter tape" always worries me - are they really held together with sticky tape?
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 The tape is applied to the rotor blades, Jen. Modern planes are held together with glue. 
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So what about duck tape then?? is that applied to duck's wings?? 
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 Duct tape.
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"Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side, a dark side and it holds the universe together."
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| Edited: 19/06/09 20:44 |
