Good thread, Leah I ought to have known that I should have gone looking for some scissors instead of using a large, heavy knife to trim a zip tie. I'd modified a bell in order to zip tie it to a 1 1/8 steerer. The zip tie put up some resistance so when the knife finally made it through, it continued at some velocity into the bike's top tube.
I then felt the need to sand off the paint in the affected area, examine the damage, sand the metal around the dent (or cut?) in the metal to avoid future a stress riser. Then attempted a paint touch up, which just looked terrible, until I finally just put some reflective tape on and shamefully called it a night. Sometimes I wonder about myself. The more I learn the less I find I know. Re: Steve's comment; I think he was referring to the estimated combined weight of you, your bike and the impressive loads you at times carry. Pressuring up for the heaviest scenario, so to speak. IanA Alberta Canada -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/02a0e632-fda3-43ec-8cb7-b1547d107de2%40googlegroups.com.
