Originally Posted by phughes

I ordered a frame pad for my Long Haul Trucker right after buying it, to put on the top tube so it wouldn't get scratched when parking it, leaned up against the rusty poles and sign posts I have to use when parking the bike in my area. Before it arrived, I embarked on its first trip to the store. I parked, shopped, loaded the bags, unlocked the bike, and it rolled back, scraping the top tube along the rusty sign post, leaving a nice scrape. lol It was christened on its first real day of use. The pad arrived a few days later.