Oh boy, I've been waiting for a thread like this! I was installing a front rack in my building's bike garage and thoughtlessly leaned my bike against a haggard ebike to admire my work. It slipped and the TT scraped (screeeach) against the licence plate hanger of the ebike. My Clem, yes, just a Clem..., suffered a couple nice scratches, including a nice black one that I have not been able to remove the paint from (my bike is blue...). This has been weighing on my mind ever since. So careless!! I considered thrashing my bike on the trails to lessen the burden of guilt, but soon realized it would only make things worse. While I'm sure the Clem will weather magnificently, I struggle to reconcile the erroneous manner in which it happened. I also blame the ebike, but that hasn't helped much. Everyone hates those things. Kind of feel bad for it, actually...
I've also warped my back wheel/rim launching off a doozy of a curb, but that was somehow worth it... Perfect two-wheel landing straight into a trail. Still feels good. Does RBW sell the 650B DM18's? Point is, I feel your pain. Really. Not that any of this has anything to do with Waterford. J On Thursday, August 4, 2016 at 3:04:53 PM UTC-4, Brian Campbell wrote: > > Bob, > > I feel your pain! I did the same thing on a car rack on my new A. Homer > Hilsen! (Waterford built). Mine happened on the seat tube and took some of > the decal with it! I sealed it up with clear nail polish but knowing it > was my own doing and could have been prevented, is salt in the wound! > > On Thursday, August 4, 2016 at 2:49:43 PM UTC-4, Bob B wrote: > >> I kinda feel like venting on this topic. My 3-week old Hunq got a big >> paint chip on the top tube. I'm not faulting Riv or Waterford; I didn't see >> it happen and can't speak with much knowledge to the quality of Waterford >> paint compared to others. But since it's so new it kinda sucks. >> >> I think it happened while transporting the bike on a trunk rack on my >> car. The chip occurred close to where the TT had been strapped to >> the rack... the typical soft plastic/rubber kind on car racks. I guess I >> should add another layer of something for extra cushion next time. But Ive >> been using that rack forever, never have seen that happen. I wonder if >> that's grounds to say the Waterford paint is "prone to chipping." >> >> I didn't build a show bike and I'm on board with *beausage* and will >> probably end up doing the fingernail polish thing. I will surely ride this >> bike so heavily that other chips will happen and I won't care anymore. >> Maybe it had nothing to do with Waterford's paint job and all to do with my >> rack and what bump or pot hole I may have ran over. But it still sucks it >> happened while this—my first Rivendell—is brand-spanking-new. >> >> Onward, to more riding! >> >> Thank you for letting me vent. >> >> Bob B >> Brooklyn, NY >> > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
