Ryan, My experience is just like Laing's, the whole chainstay is wrapped and I didn't notice for months.
What I believe Grant means by "slap guard" is those old timey braze-ons touring bikes used to have that you would stretch a piece of leather between. He's not a stickler for paint staying pretty and probably thinks the clear stuff isn't necessary, either.* *In fact he'd probably be appalled at how pristine my custom still is after a year and a half. I don't like scratches! 😬 Joe Bernard On Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at 10:23:28 AM UTC-8 Ryan wrote: > It's interesting that on Riv's Custom page they offer a chainstay slap > guard for a $50.00 upcharge...but don't think it's really required. > > https://www.rivbike.com/products/custom-framesets > > Looked at my 3 Rivendells...and nope, nothing to see there. I don't recall > this option ever coming up on my last two customs...and I'm not fussing > about it too much. > > So, Joe, did you have to request the 3M wrapping specifically? > > > > > > > > On Monday, February 7, 2022 at 3:13:36 PM UTC-6 Joe Bernard wrote: > >> 3M is what I would do, I believe that's the product Joe Bell wrapped on >> my chainstay. I can't verify that this is a real problem but I always get >> queazy when I see steel and paint covered under all that cloth and twine, I >> don't know what's happening under there. >> >> Joe Bernard >> >> On Monday, February 7, 2022 at 12:35:00 PM UTC-8 Paul Choi wrote: >> >>> 3m paint protection film works well. You can remove it anytime. >>> >>> On Monday, February 7, 2022 at 7:56:49 AM UTC-8 rmro...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>>> Wanting to protect the lovely long chainstay from chain slaps. I see >>>> lots of folks using cloth tape, some with twine. Looks ok but seems like >>>> it >>>> wold not hold up well. What other solutions are being used? >>> >>> -- 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/1ed86095-ddf2-434b-842a-0ebaca4b6fb3n%40googlegroups.com.
