Just picked up a brand new 2023 Checkpoint ALR 5 from a local shop.
I noticed several marks on one side of the fork. I haven’t purchased a brand new bike in some time, but are marks like this inevitable when purchasing a bike of a shop floor that has been test ridden, etc. even though brand new?
I understand I will get some marks on the bike with use, but it bothers me a bit that my brand new bike is marked.
Worth doing anything like contacting Trek to see if they will offer anything or just deal?
by ridexc8
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I have the same bike it seems like every thing marks it up. Just ride it and enjoy. Nobody cares about those marks as you fly by.
The first pic I guess I could bring up but the others just look like general paint imperfections. I could see trek sending you some touch up paint if you ask for a claim. Like the other comment, it’s gonna get knicked up as you ride it anyway so something that small I (personally) wouldn’t make an issue about.
It’s a checkpoint, It’ll be scratch in the first handful of times you use it. It’s an adventure bike
Those marks are inevitable if you accidentally touch it with pants that you wore at a funeral once.
It’s going to get lots more just like it, and there will be spots that look like the paint got aggressively scraped off with a piece of old barbed wire even though you were never near any barbed wire.
They don’t paint them like they used to, and that’s a contributor to your bike’s low mass.
It’s a year old leftover. It was siting around for a while I’m sure
How much of a discount did you get?
That would determine the next step.
I would’ve asked for a discount if they were asking full price. It’s very minor, but I also wouldn’t buy a new car that’s scratched.
Your bike will get dinged up anyways don’t worry about