And today I did......

[DynaCol]

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aye col, it's through on the non drive side :cry:

will get them powder coated and heli taped, should then last a wee while longer!

That's the price you pay for cutting corners and buying cheap tat for your bike
Too soon?

 

[velofrog]

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hardy fecking har! :xmas-wink:

 

[DynaCol]

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hardy fecking har! :xmas-wink:

Haha I feel your pain. When I got my current road bike, before i'd even built the bloody thing up the frameset was sitting on my living room floor when it couped over and hit something chipping the paint in a couple of places Aaaaaarrrrrgggghhh!!

 

[velofrog]

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it's not so much the damage col, it's the frankly p*sh poor quality that irks, i mean, 20 miles, and it's through to the metal?!

if it had happened after 200 miles at least i wouldn't feel so cheated!! :facepalm:

 

[DynaCol]

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it's not so much the damage col, it's the frankly p*sh poor quality that irks, i mean, 20 miles, and it's through to the metal?!

if it had happened after 200 miles at least i wouldn't feel so cheated!! :facepalm:

Aye it's pretty poor really, you would think that Shimano would at least sell them with protective tape on the arms if they are that delicate eh.

 

[velofrog]

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i was gonna order a kit from eBay for a fiver, but told myself a wee twenty miler won't do any harm first........ :facepalm:

 

[kaiser]

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Unfortunately this seems to be a common problem with the new xtr. I'd just read a review of the new XT where they reckoned the cranks were better because of this. I suppose you could just accept it, it'll make a nice patina eventually which I kinda like on a bike.

 

[velofrog]

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well a little too much spare time today as the wife is out doing the xmas rounds meant i could sneak the bike in to see what i could do with the cranks.....

the coating is so thin that if i tried to polish the scratches out it would just go through to the metal, so i decided the way to hide it was a quick flash over with some lacquer.

touched in the scuff mark on the non-drive side first, masked them up, and gave them both a blast!

quite pleased with the results

once the clear vinyl crank protectors go on i think it should almost disappear :xmas-cool:

 

[The History Man]

But you will always know. Deep down. Just how much it hurt.

 

[RobMac]

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Today I bit the bullet and ordered my self a late Christmas present a headset press.
It's just that I've got a shit load'a builds held up due to not having front ends on'um :?

A brace of new tyres arrived today AND a new (old) frame arrived yesterday 26'er, disc only and steel.