Originally Posted by
big chainring
Do you have any pictures? And what make of bike is it?
(the only 2 areas affected)
The bike's brand is Airwalk(there is a airwalk shoe brand so search for airwalk fixed gear). I don't have any info on the frame except that it is 4130 crmo steel.
Originally Posted by
europa
If you're getting bubbles of rust on the outside, I'd suggest the paint job was very poorly done. Hell, even elcheapo frames don't suffer that.
Realistically though, steel frames are not hard to look after.
I don't think there is any shop in my area that does bead blasting AND powder coating . So I might have to get my frame bead blasted at one shop then bring it to a powder coating shop. I heard that steel frames begin to rust 15 minutes after being exposed to air and the time taken between the 2 shops will be longer than that.... What should I do?
And how do I maintain a frame nicely? Assuming I don't scratch/chip the paint, will the rust come back after the respraying/powder coating? I have never left my bike outside when it's raining but I do cycle on wet roads sometimes and water may get splashed on the frame. But the weird thing is that the frame that gets the wettest hasn't rusted.