Oh Sweet Dear God Nooooo!!!!
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Oh Sweet Dear God Nooooo!!!!
oh my dear god no. I looked underneath my bike for the first time and guess what? THERE ARE HUNDCREDS OF LITTLE HOLES IN THE PAINT!!! now the question is WTF do I do? I will post a pic up in a few minutes, but you all know how bad I am with remembering to post up pictures 
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Originally Posted by Pink_Ninja
oh my dear god no. I looked underneath my bike for the first time and guess what? THERE ARE HUNDCREDS OF LITTLE HOLES IN THE PAINT!!! now the question is WTF do I do? I will post a pic up in a few minutes, but you all know how bad I am with remembering to post up pictures
I wouldn't worry if I was you but a pic is always useful.
04-10-06, 02:00 AM
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but im gonna hang it, i dont want everyone to see my fat-ass holes 
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Originally Posted by Pink_Ninja
but im gonna hang it, i dont want everyone to see my fat-ass holes
Same thing happened to my helmet, it was all nice and shiny new and then I dropped it once and it chipped the paint and I was like 
but then after a month or two it's a bit scratched and several chips on it and now I don't have to treat it extremely delicately.
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Originally Posted by Pink_Ninja
but im gonna hang it, i dont want everyone to see my fat-ass holes
Now bomb across this route. Go through the mud. Go through the lovely cow pies (and other, more exotic pies as well). Blast through them and have a lovely time. Get you and the bike well covered. You should be grinning from ear to ear since this only enhances the total experience.
When you are done and have had a wonderful time, take the bike home. Your first inclination will be to get out the hose and soap but resist these urges. Let the mud and the poo dry to a nice hardness. Then hang the bike on the wall and point to the specks of dried mud and the hardened feces with pride! You get bonus points if you can identify the species of the feces
This is a mountain bike! It ain't no prissy road bike! A mountain bike is like a pig - it ain't happy unless it's covered in mud! Don't emasculate the poor thing by keeping it clean
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Lol, i was thinking about my bike i should be getting on wednesday, and wwas thinking to my self that id be well p!ssed off if i scratch it and that i would clean it every other week or so... but now u have said that, its true, mountains bike get dirty, and theres no point wasting your time cleaning it, when you could be out onit having fun and getting it dirtier...
But i will probably clean it every other week anyway...
But i will probably clean it every other week anyway...
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You are too late; it is beyond hope. All of the 'newness' has leaked out of the holes and your bike is now 'ridden'
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04-10-06, 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by cyccommute
Here's what you do to coverup the holes. First you need to find a mountain bike route that goes through some water. Not a lot mind you, and certainly don't ride on a trail that you are going to leave ruts on but if it has some mud, it's good. The route should also cross a nice cow pasture if at all possible as well. If you can find some more exotic scat, do that as well.
Now bomb across this route. Go through the mud. Go through the lovely cow pies (and other, more exotic pies as well). Blast through them and have a lovely time. Get you and the bike well covered. You should be grinning from ear to ear since this only enhances the total experience.
When you are done and have had a wonderful time, take the bike home. Your first inclination will be to get out the hose and soap but resist these urges. Let the mud and the poo dry to a nice hardness. Then hang the bike on the wall and point to the specks of dried mud and the hardened feces with pride! You get bonus points if you can identify the species of the feces
This is a mountain bike! It ain't no prissy road bike! A mountain bike is like a pig - it ain't happy unless it's covered in mud! Don't emasculate the poor thing by keeping it clean
Now bomb across this route. Go through the mud. Go through the lovely cow pies (and other, more exotic pies as well). Blast through them and have a lovely time. Get you and the bike well covered. You should be grinning from ear to ear since this only enhances the total experience.
When you are done and have had a wonderful time, take the bike home. Your first inclination will be to get out the hose and soap but resist these urges. Let the mud and the poo dry to a nice hardness. Then hang the bike on the wall and point to the specks of dried mud and the hardened feces with pride! You get bonus points if you can identify the species of the feces
This is a mountain bike! It ain't no prissy road bike! A mountain bike is like a pig - it ain't happy unless it's covered in mud! Don't emasculate the poor thing by keeping it clean
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Throw the stick!!!!
Next time get an annodized finish.
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clean scratch free bikes are for yuppies, and weekend weenie warriors.
you buy a new bike to take advantage of the new/increased performance and technology
now take advantage of it and quit worrying about some blemishs ... you sound like a 17 year old girl on prom night
you buy a new bike to take advantage of the new/increased performance and technology
now take advantage of it and quit worrying about some blemishs ... you sound like a 17 year old girl on prom night
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I was happy to have a new clean bike and kept it very clean until going down a big hill i hit a rock about the size of half a dime, and heard a big fat healthy DING!!! of it being thrown into my down tube, ever since then i just keep the drive train clean.
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Originally Posted by cyccommute
Here's what you do to coverup the holes. First you need to find a mountain bike route that goes through some water. Not a lot mind you, and certainly don't ride on a trail that you are going to leave ruts on but if it has some mud, it's good. The route should also cross a nice cow pasture if at all possible as well. If you can find some more exotic scat, do that as well.
Now bomb across this route. Go through the mud. Go through the lovely cow pies (and other, more exotic pies as well). Blast through them and have a lovely time. Get you and the bike well covered. You should be grinning from ear to ear since this only enhances the total experience.
When you are done and have had a wonderful time, take the bike home. Your first inclination will be to get out the hose and soap but resist these urges. Let the mud and the poo dry to a nice hardness. Then hang the bike on the wall and point to the specks of dried mud and the hardened feces with pride! You get bonus points if you can identify the species of the feces
This is a mountain bike! It ain't no prissy road bike! A mountain bike is like a pig - it ain't happy unless it's covered in mud! Don't emasculate the poor thing by keeping it clean
Now bomb across this route. Go through the mud. Go through the lovely cow pies (and other, more exotic pies as well). Blast through them and have a lovely time. Get you and the bike well covered. You should be grinning from ear to ear since this only enhances the total experience.
When you are done and have had a wonderful time, take the bike home. Your first inclination will be to get out the hose and soap but resist these urges. Let the mud and the poo dry to a nice hardness. Then hang the bike on the wall and point to the specks of dried mud and the hardened feces with pride! You get bonus points if you can identify the species of the feces
This is a mountain bike! It ain't no prissy road bike! A mountain bike is like a pig - it ain't happy unless it's covered in mud! Don't emasculate the poor thing by keeping it clean
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Originally Posted by LowCel
Next time get an annodized finish.
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Part of the trails around here go over a levy for a little bit which is pathed with a fine gravel. When its a bit wet it just sticks to the tires enough to ping a few hundred rocks into my down tube. Almost sounds like a metalic rain stick.
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Originally Posted by gmoneyhobbit
clean scratch free bikes are for yuppies, and weekend weenie warriors.
you buy a new bike to take advantage of the new/increased performance and technology
now take advantage of it and quit worrying about some blemishs ... you sound like a 17 year old girl on prom night
you buy a new bike to take advantage of the new/increased performance and technology
now take advantage of it and quit worrying about some blemishs ... you sound like a 17 year old girl on prom night
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Originally Posted by Pink_Ninja
the thing is, there is no story to this, if it happened coming off a 20 ft drop I would so damn proud! but it came like this! and I'm pissed off. I want all my scracthes to have a story behind them.
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Originally Posted by Pink_Ninja
the thing is, there is no story to this, if it happened coming off a 20 ft drop I would so damn proud! but it came like this! and I'm pissed off. I want all my scracthes to have a story behind them.
Go watch "Big Fish" by Tim Burton, then come up with the proper 'emblishment'. Remember, you aren't lying. You are just adding a bit of lace.
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I guess I make up for frame cleanliness by keeping the chain in pristene condition.
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Originally Posted by cyccommute
This is a mountain bike! It ain't no prissy road bike! A mountain bike is like a pig - it ain't happy unless it's covered in mud! Don't emasculate the poor thing by keeping it clean
I too fear the overtly clean bike. They seem to belong to engineers with spikey hair or posers.
