It was long, long ago (in a galaxy far, far away, too) but my first Riv custom, early 1995, Waterford built and painted, had very nice green paint that chipped easily. I have to add, too, that in my limited experience with trunk racks, I've never had one chip my paint.
Patrick "if you don't like it, you can chip my paint" Moore On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 12:49 PM, Bob B <rbole...@gmail.com> 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. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************************************************** ************** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the world revolves.) *Carthusian motto *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- 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.
