Racks like that are notorious for damaging bicycles.
On 7/13/20 7:39 PM, James Valiensi wrote:
I like watching my mountain bikes get marks due to wear. But hated to
see them get bang up because of mishandling them. Grind a layer of
paint off the chain stays from a muddy ride - cool. Drop the bike for
no reason and band up a grip - not cool.
On Jul 13, 2020, at 4:34 PM, Scott McLain <scottamcl...@gmail.com
<mailto:scottamcl...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I bought Dave's old root beer AHH. It came to me with a lot of
beausage, but no dents. I bought it assuming I would get it
repainted. I haven't done it. It takes a lot of pressure off that
it has lots of beausage. The principal of beausage has changed my
life. I did find some clear protectant to make sure my bike didn't
rust where the paint is missing.
My kids all know about beausage now. I rarely buy something that I
would not be able to handle it being dinged.
Except for my Martin HD-28. That stays in the case.
Scott
On Monday, July 13, 2020 at 3:08:50 PM UTC-6, Bicycle Belle Ding
Ding! wrote:
Every year I point the van north and drive from Vegas to small
town North Dakota, and the lakes country of Minnesota. And every
year I drag 3-4 bikes along with us on a Saris rack. I’ve gone
through several different bikes in the past several years (the
kids are growing, I switched to That Clem Life, etc) so I’ve
never found an exact formula to make the bikes fit perfectly.
This year I hauled my new loooonnnnngggg 52 cm Clementine (2019
geo), the old 1st gen 52 cm blue Clem H, #theClemRider’s little
45 cm 2018 Clem H, and Baby Bear’s 24 inch Specialized Hot Rock.
I never regret bringing my bikes, but I do admit I lament that
they come back to Vegas in poorer condition than when they left.
We always get caught in a rainstorm at some point, and usually
more than once. After that I always notice creaking where there
hadn’t been, rust on the heads of bolts or inside the braze-ons.
I usually have new scuffs from the bikes knocking together on the
rack, dirt and grit where I hadn’t had it before. One year I
drove to a shooting range on 20 miles’ worth of gravel roads and
the bikes were completely trashed at a level you can’t fathom.
The Betty Foy (now sold) had a permanent ugly mark on the top
tube where the arm bar of the rack had mashed the cable into the
paint.
You would think I would learn and get this dialed in but I never
really do. This year was really something - when was the last
time you tried to get 3 Rivendells with Bosco bars on a rack?
Boscos don’t play nicely. Three of 4 of the bikes had baskets,
and all 4 had racks. Yeah, nightmare.
So, this vacation I have discovered new ways to damage my bikes.
I’ll provide the photos and explanations in the next post...
--
Steve Palincsar
Alexandria, Virginia
USA
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