Yes but it looks well worn that I prefer if I am putting new cranks the a new spindle was in order.
What have you done to your bike today?
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Paul H
Fearless OOS Poser
White out... erases everything!
serviceguy
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Gold nail polish. Unfortunately it's not an exact match. I finished it with 2500 sand paper, planning to finish it using 5000 and polishing compound later today.
serviceguy
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It's a temporary fix, my OCD doesn't allow me to think it's going to be permanent. I may have to learn how not to fall before buying new stanchions though...
TimBay
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Meh. It's a mountain bike. If it ain't getting scratched and dinged, you ain't riding it hard enough.
Tim
aka sptimmy43
That first scratch is always the toughest one, though. As long as the fork still works properly and doesn't leak I would never spend the money on new stanchions. Think of all the other goodies you could get with that $400.
Exactly.
serviceguy
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Looks like you watched enough YT video on mountain biking already...
TimBay
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To be fair, scratching that kashima had to hurt because it's so pretty.
serviceguy
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You have no idea...I didn't even think about hurting myself, I went to check the stanchion first!
Karate Monkey
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I mean, functionally, there's no difference between an obsessively polished repair and Kashima...it's a friction reduction coating, and friction is reduced from polishing--if you can achieve a mirror finish, it's just as good. Maybe the ability of the surface to hold oil suffers a bit, but that's hardly an enormous issue with the way forks are put together.
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rlb
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Finally made some progress on my Mr. Pink. I grabbed the frame back in August and have been (very) slowly accumulating and assembling parts. All that's left is to fine tune the cockpit and wrap the bars, and find some pedals. I also need a new chain (go figure, the stays are longer on this bike) but I'm ok for now as long as I don't big/big it.
serviceguy
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That’s pretty much what I’ve done, just replace the epoxy with goldish nail polish. Got to love the box that flips as a holder for the epoxy mixer...good news is the fork seems to be holding up just fine.Welcome to Sendhit - SendHit
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Going on two weeks sans Camelback, testing a meduim Revelate Tangle frame bag. I can fit everything I used to carry with a little space left over. Not a whole lot of room for clothing layers, but the left-side zip has two little stash pockets (perfect for my phone). This is largest bag I could fit without losing water bottle cages - I'm not sure I want to move water storage inside a full frame bag.
That little hollow doesn't get much sun. It hit 56F yesterday, but the ground was still frozen and the air felt like a freezer. The higher trails drain well (bedrock ridges) but the lower creek trails hold surface slop for weeks - full on mud mode.
That little hollow doesn't get much sun. It hit 56F yesterday, but the ground was still frozen and the air felt like a freezer. The higher trails drain well (bedrock ridges) but the lower creek trails hold surface slop for weeks - full on mud mode.
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