chipped paint on carbon frame
04-06-15 | 03:57 PM
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chipped paint on carbon frame
my bike has got a small chip in the paint, and unfortunately its a white bike so the black carbon shows up real nice underneath. i think i read somewhere that naked carbon is prone to UV damage, so is that spot going to get damaged if its exposed to the sun? it looks to be purely cosmetic so far, just missing the white paint.
04-06-15 | 04:11 PM
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Nah; no need to worry about UV. If it makes you feel any better, use nail polish to cover it up. Use pink if you want to be unique...
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04-06-15 | 04:18 PM
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04-06-15 | 05:40 PM
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I've filled chips with two-part epoxy and shaped it flush, then painted it. It's usually almost unnoticeable.
04-06-15 | 07:48 PM
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It won't.
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"If you’re new enough [to racing] that you would ask such question, then i would hazard a guess that if you just made up a workout that sounded hard to do, and did it, you’d probably get faster." --the tiniest sprinter
