Runbikeswim Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 On a new fram, how do you protect it from the daily use scratches and trail abuse?Placing duct tape on the high impact areas such as under BB?Same with where the cables touch the headset etc, will sticking some duck tape do the trick? And will the duct tape glue cause issues in long run?
Spoke101 Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 You get special clear sticker kits for protection, Birznan make one for around R80.
Wannabe Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 Even better, go to one of those places that does the VPS films that they stick on cars to protect the framework.Stick this on your frame in the areas you want protected. If you do this carefully it is almost invisible and does a great job of protecting your frame.
worriesnot Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 PM Grebel. Got some good stuff from him not too long ago
myveonix Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 Don't use duct tape. Glue becomes "snotterig" after a while. Successfully been using electrical insulation tape (Nitto brand @ Builder's Warehouse) over the high impact/rub contact areas. Get tape in same colour as bike and becomes sort of invisible
BMXER Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 I used cricket bat antiscuf, a scalpel and a hair dryer. You don't see the film on my frame. Cheap enough to redo at a service.
Alouette3 Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 Helicopter blade tape... if you can get your hands on it! (Ebay is an option) Insulation tape can work, but needs to be replaced quite regularly.
Tatt Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 As per Alouette, 3M Helicopter tape is brilliant. Tom
Tatt Posted January 12, 2015 Posted January 12, 2015 Howdy. GP contact for 3M is Siphiwe Mthembu, sjmthembu@3m.com. Product code is 8671HS. Buy the 50mm wide tape. Tom
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