What's it called?
01-20-06, 12:05 PM
#1
Homey
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 13,499
Mentioned: 56 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2427 Post(s)
Liked 1,406 Times
in
900 Posts
What's it called?
I saw a bike that had some sort of rubber strip mat type thing on the underside of the downtube. It looked like it was mounted by adhesive. I fugured it had to be there to protect the paint from wayward rocks and pebbles thrown by the tire? It wasn't very thick, but wasn't real thin like duct tape. It was almost a thin spongey looking thingy. Anyone heard of this?
01-20-06, 12:52 PM
#2
Prefers Aluminum
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Honolulu
Posts: 2,669
Bikes: Wife: Trek 5200, C'dale Rush Feminine, Vitus 979 Me: Felt S25, Cervelo Soloist, C'dale Killer V500, Miyata Pro (fixie)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 2 Times
in
1 Post
I've seen front fenders that were mounted on the underside of the downtube (as opposed to front fork). The ones I've seen were about 4 inches wide. Did it look homemade or was it manufactured for that purpose?
01-20-06, 01:05 PM
#3
Lawman
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 205
Bikes: Spec. Tarmac Expert SL4
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 5 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I have seen bikes with a thin pad below the downtube intended to protect the frame when the bikes were carried suspended over one of several bars across a flat bed truck carrying 50 bikes on the way to the starting line of a one way organized ride.
01-20-06, 01:08 PM
#4
Homey
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 13,499
Mentioned: 56 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2427 Post(s)
Liked 1,406 Times
in
900 Posts
I'm not sure. I know what fender you're speaking of, and this is entirely different. This didn't stick out or anything. It was stuck on the underside of the frame - almost like those stock chain stay protectors that come with a new bike. You can barely see it unless you look underneath. I only saw it because the black was such a contrast to the paint color. It didn't look homemade. It was on too perfect. No zip ties, no tape. Like it had an adhesive and was applied on. Look like maybe it was neoprene sort of. Edges were rounded, nice clean looking.
__________________
Last edited by Siu Blue Wind; 01-20-06 at 02:06 PM.
01-20-06, 01:12 PM
#5
Homey
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 13,499
Mentioned: 56 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2427 Post(s)
Liked 1,406 Times
in
900 Posts
Originally Posted by jhglaw
I have seen bikes with a thin pad below the downtube intended to protect the frame when the bikes were carried suspended over one of several bars across a flat bed truck carrying 50 bikes on the way to the starting line of a one way organized ride.
01-20-06, 01:51 PM
#6
Unique Vintage Steel
Interesting concept, though can't say I've seen anything sold exactly like it. Sounds like thin rubber sheet with an adhesive backing to it that someone cut with an exacto knife and some sort of stencil that they created. Humm.... wonder if you could make any real money selling something like that...
01-20-06, 01:57 PM
#7
Unique Vintage Steel
https://www.mcmaster.com/ - you can find and purchase all kinds of rubber sheets with adhesive backings to them. As thin as .7mm - a 12"x12" sheet and a stencil make of wood or hard plastic you could make 5 of them for less than $10.00. Hardest part would be making the perfectly symetrical stencil to trace with the knife.
01-20-06, 02:49 PM
#9
Cycle Dallas
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Land of Gar, TX
Posts: 3,777
Bikes: Dulcinea--2017 Kona Rove & a few others
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 197 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 10 Times
in
5 Posts
Was it something like Lizard Skins Chainstay guards? I would not be surprised if they made something like that for the downtube, also.
https://www.nashbar.com/profile_morei...030&brand=1250
https://www.nashbar.com/profile_morei...030&brand=1250
01-20-06, 04:12 PM
#10
Tour de World
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Hinton, AB, canada
Posts: 185
Bikes: Trek 520, Giant Iguana disc
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
maybe its padding so that if he just happens to hit a massive jump on his regular commute to work and cases it, ther will be a bit more shock absorbtion....but id say thats being way too prepared.
on that topic...has anyone ever hit a jump with an old road bike...i would not recomended it...kinda hurts
Steve
on that topic...has anyone ever hit a jump with an old road bike...i would not recomended it...kinda hurts
Steve
01-20-06, 04:42 PM
#11
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Montreal, Canada
Posts: 853
Bikes: 2003 KHS F20-Westwood folding & enough parts to make several more bikes...
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
__________________
01-20-06, 05:44 PM
#12
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 477
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Originally Posted by Siu Blue Wind
Now is that stuck on the bike? That almost seems like what I saw but this was on a mountain bike and the first thing I thought was that it was to protect from chips and dings.
01-20-06, 08:24 PM
#13
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 177
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Originally Posted by bennyk
people who put a black rubber pad over the bike to protect the paint finish have obviously given up on life.
01-20-06, 08:34 PM
#14
Homey
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 13,499
Mentioned: 56 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2427 Post(s)
Liked 1,406 Times
in
900 Posts
Originally Posted by af895
No.....not a fender. Imaginge putting black electrical tape on the underside of your down tube. But it is made of rubber or more like neoprene. It's only on the bottom underside of the tube. So it doesn't affect any bottle cages. You can barely see it. Just the edge.
01-20-06, 09:04 PM
#15
Stop it.
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Weight Weenie-land.
Posts: 1,607
Bikes: 2003 Specialized Hardrock Pro w/ slicks, flipped stem and HB, 2003 Colnago Dream with full Dura-Ace 7700 double, 2001 Bianchi XL Boron/Daytona, Mavic Open Pro/Campy Centaur/DT Champion built wheels.
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Originally Posted by Siu Blue Wind
No.....not a fender. Imaginge putting black electrical tape on the underside of your down tube. But it is made of rubber or more like neoprene. It's only on the bottom underside of the tube. So it doesn't affect any bottle cages. You can barely see it. Just the edge.
01-21-06, 01:11 PM
#16
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 177
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Sound like one of these. Ask your LBS for a downtube schynbald.
Greave:
Also called schynbald or jamber. Plate defence for the leg from knee to ankle, initially pro*tecting only the front, but later the whole lower leg. Constructed of two plates hinged together and shaped to the contours of the mus*cle. Schynbald and jamber are used in connection with the earlier type.
Greave:
Also called schynbald or jamber. Plate defence for the leg from knee to ankle, initially pro*tecting only the front, but later the whole lower leg. Constructed of two plates hinged together and shaped to the contours of the mus*cle. Schynbald and jamber are used in connection with the earlier type.
01-21-06, 06:55 PM
#17
Senior Member
We've decided it wasn't a fender? I'm still on the fender search. Excelsports has a 'Zefal Croozer Downtube Fender' which attaches to... you guessed it: the underside of the downtube. It would be positioned to catch the worst of the roostertail coming off the front wheel.
https://tinyurl.com/cewop
https://tinyurl.com/cewop
