IRO flex?
10-30-04 | 08:10 PM
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IRO flex?
I wash washing bikes today, and while washing my IRO Jamie Roy I noticed a spot on the inside of the chainstay where the paint had been rubbed away. If the tire was in there *that* crooked I would definitely notice. Is this a result of the chainstay flexing? It doesn't *feel* flexy, but I'm mystified as to how else this could have happened. And if it's flex, wouldn't it happen on both sides? I'm running 23s so I have plenty of tire clearance...
Baffled.
-Trevor
Baffled.
-Trevor
10-30-04 | 08:13 PM
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Oh that. That's a result of the elusive paint faerie. It follows you while you're riding and attaches itself to your bike, usually close to the chainring and uses its abrasive tongue and corrosive saliva to lick the paint off your frame in small patches.
I tried to catch one once. It got away.
I tried to catch one once. It got away.
10-30-04 | 08:45 PM
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Definitely looks like tire rub. Try covering it with a little something like some tape or fingernail polish and see if it rubs off again.
This also seems like a great question to ask Tony @ IRO. I'm sure he'd love to know about it and may be able to offer some insight.
This also seems like a great question to ask Tony @ IRO. I'm sure he'd love to know about it and may be able to offer some insight.
10-30-04 | 09:15 PM
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Looks to me like the tire was rubbing the chainstay. If it was flexing, the paint would look more like it was flaking rather than the polished look it has. A good question to ask Tony @ Iro.
11-01-04 | 11:12 PM
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Originally Posted by progre-ss
Looks to me like the tire was rubbing the chainstay. If it was flexing, the paint would look more like it was flaking rather than the polished look it has. A good question to ask Tony @ Iro.
On closer examination it is apparent that the spot is towards the back of the little divot in the chainstay that allows for tire clearance. I swapped the chain and took an additional link out of the new one (pulling the tire back, more towards the center of the divot). Maybe that will provide enough clearance to eliminate the problem.
-Trevor
11-01-04 | 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by junioroverlord
Oh that. That's a result of the elusive paint faerie. It follows you while you're riding and attaches itself to your bike, usually close to the chainring and uses its abrasive tongue and corrosive saliva to lick the paint off your frame in small patches.
I tried to catch one once. It got away.
I tried to catch one once. It got away.
11-02-04 | 01:14 AM
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Originally Posted by [165]
so Lucklast has seen your bike skitty?
Speak N Spell
Actually that's 2 words and a letter, but hey...
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