You mentioned that part of your decision to powder coat your Bomba was based on rust around the kickstand plate. You should check with your powder coater, but conventional wisdom is that powder coating by itself doesn't prevent rust or corrosion: Does Powder Coating prevent rust?
Powder Coating is durable and very long-lasting depending on its environment and how the items are used. It is not, however, a rust prevention. Pre-treatment and/or primer coating is required for longer coating life. All exterior items should be primered and coated to fight corrosion. http://www.commpowder.com/pages/faq%20page/faq_page.htm/ I believe it has something to do with the coating being porous. Eric N www.CampyOnly.com CampyOnlyGuy.blogspot.com Twitter: @CampyOnlyGuy > On Feb 6, 2015, at 12:48 PM, Wildcat96 <cschoentha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Okay, I think you folks have convinced me to stick with the silver and gold > combo. I might just cover the kickstand plate with a good coat of primer and > enjoy the Bomba as is. It's kind of nice to not have to fret over chips and > scratches, especially on a mountain bike. Sounds like the bike enjoyed many > worldly adventures with its previous owner! On a side note, I weighed the > Bomba on a digital scale at the bike shop and was pleasantly surprised to see > it weigh in at 26.1 pounds as built. I expected it to be about 30 pounds. I > think my Sam weighs about 25 pounds sans accessories. Of course this will > quickly change on the Bomba as I add racks and bags. > > >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
