Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - chipped paint at lock nut and seat post

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feefifofum
06-12-06, 01:17 PM
Any suggestions on how to prevent more chipped paint at the rr wheel lock nut on my rattle-canned frame? (Taking all the paint off is not an option, I want to keep the paint on!)

ffff

hyperRevue
06-12-06, 01:25 PM
Stop caring about chipped paint.
operator
06-12-06, 01:58 PM
But it gets ugly.

hyperRevue
06-12-06, 02:00 PM
Cover every inch of your frame in Kashimax then.
:)
feefifofum
06-12-06, 02:02 PM
Cover every inch of your frame in Kashimax then.
:)

I spend all that time giving a hoot when I spray it and within a few days of working on it I mess up the paint. Oh, I care. I care deeply.
absntr
06-12-06, 02:04 PM
Oh, I care. I care deeply.

Then you shouldn't have rattlecanned it. ;)
lyledriver
06-12-06, 03:07 PM
why not just respray the dropouts every time the wheel is off?
hyperRevue
06-12-06, 03:16 PM
Okay, seriously.
Why do you care about the paint on the drop out?
OneTinSloth
06-12-06, 05:19 PM
on the INSIDE of the dropout, even...

did you strip the old paint before you rattle-canned it? apply primer? apply a clearcoat?

i usually scrape the paint off the whole length of the dropout where the axle nuts are going to go, even on brand spanking new bikes, the paint A. chips, and B. can cause the rear wheel to slip. on my roadie, i scraped the paint to find that the dropouts are polished stainless steel underneath, which is even worse. ...i still haven't gotten around to roughing it up, so i run my QRs super tight.
sers
06-12-06, 08:06 PM
uhh, how about a quick masking and sanding and rattlecanning that **** again. this isn't rocket science.
feefifofum
06-14-06, 10:41 AM
Okay, seriously.
Why do you care about the paint on the drop out?

1. ain't purdy

2. could rust
feefifofum
06-14-06, 10:41 AM
uhh, how about a quick masking and sanding and rattlecanning that **** again. this isn't rocket science.

the rocket speeds I ride it, it IS rocket science.
feefifofum
06-14-06, 10:42 AM
bmp. you got me
hyperRevue
06-14-06, 10:43 AM
1. ain't purdy

2. could rust

This is ********.
team neal
06-14-06, 11:09 AM
This is ********.


ha ha ha... Truth!
onetwentyeight
06-14-06, 11:15 AM
spraypaint chips when you look at it funny. Live with it.
eddiebrannan
06-14-06, 04:48 PM
get some of that heavy duty truck bed ****, mask and spray just the dropouts. it's harder than rattlecan so it won't chip, plus it will give your nuts something to grip to

in a manner of speaking
OneTinSloth
06-15-06, 02:18 AM
heh heh....you said "nuts."
helvetica
06-15-06, 03:21 AM
pity post
the locust
06-15-06, 06:54 AM
worst thread ever.

track dropouts are usually chromed or stainless for a reason.

live with it.
feefifofum
06-15-06, 07:17 AM
worst thread ever.

track dropouts are usually chromed or stainless for a reason.

live with it.

I win
feefifofum
06-16-06, 07:26 AM
This is ********.

Probably even more ******** than the coolness of spoke cards and tatoos.
mcatano
06-16-06, 07:34 AM
I know I've used this example before, BUT:

Cool:
http://www.fender.com/products/prod_images/guitars/0100800857_md.jpg

Much, much cooler:
http://www.sonicyouth.com/mustang/eq/gtr40at.jpg

As it is with guitars, so it is with bicycles.
hyperRevue
06-16-06, 08:13 AM
Probably even more ******** than the coolness of spoke cards and tatoos.

Yes.
Infinite times more.