Originally Posted by
scrublover
1. ride it and don't worry about it.
2. ride it and don't worry about it, but after covering the sensitive areas with clear protective tape
3. get to your closest store with a large selection of nail polish. i'm sure you can figure it out from there.
4. some combination of the above.
The major blemishes are from bike rakes and the one on the base color is pretty bad. For some reason that year was especially bad for fragile paint. The 2010 and my Madone held up much better. Even cable rub after two weeks are almost all the way through the gel coat.