Honestly? It sucks hard when this happens, but it’s going to happen at some point… let your bike wear its scars with pride…
psychopastry on
Can’t stay perfect forever my man, learn to embrace it as part of the bike’s history.
Cube-rider on
Badge of initiation, wear it with pride.
Designer-Book-8052 on
You can use a car touch up pen in the same colour for that (matching it will be difficult, though)
faintharmonics on
If touch up pens are hard to come by (or expensive) in the correct colours, cheap nail polish can be a handy substitute in similar colours
XaeiIsareth on
If you got some time on your hands, you can make a decent looking fix for it with a silver spray can (or preferably if you got it, an airbrush or spray gun) whatever topcoat the bike was finished in and artist’s masking tape.
Will cost like idk, £60, £30 of which is an A2P3 mask so you don’t breathe in the vapours (which you’ll need for any future projects involving spray paint anyways).
If you really care about cosmetic damage, you could also cover vulnerable parts of your bike with helicopter tape next time.
Rents on
It’s a bike, not a piece of art. Who cares?
Remarkable-Way-5482 on
Just touch up with some paint, happens! My bike is full of that and I own it for less than two years, just a scar. It’s better to have clean drivetrain and well maintained wheels, fork, breaks than poorly working bike without scratches.
Instatera on
Now you can enjoy it without worrying about it.
My dad built a beautiful wood strip kayak. I was admiring it shortly after he completed it and he said “one thing left to do” and picked up a rock and put a superficial scrape in it. He said until it got its first scrape he wouldn’t be able to enjoy it fully so he might as well get that out of the way.
I believe this step was actually in the instructions he followed.
To each their own but I think perfectly mint clean bikes are ugly.
MadamIzolda on
Every scratch has a story. Let your bike tell it’s.
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Honestly? It sucks hard when this happens, but it’s going to happen at some point… let your bike wear its scars with pride…
Can’t stay perfect forever my man, learn to embrace it as part of the bike’s history.
Badge of initiation, wear it with pride.
You can use a car touch up pen in the same colour for that (matching it will be difficult, though)
If touch up pens are hard to come by (or expensive) in the correct colours, cheap nail polish can be a handy substitute in similar colours
If you got some time on your hands, you can make a decent looking fix for it with a silver spray can (or preferably if you got it, an airbrush or spray gun) whatever topcoat the bike was finished in and artist’s masking tape.
Will cost like idk, £60, £30 of which is an A2P3 mask so you don’t breathe in the vapours (which you’ll need for any future projects involving spray paint anyways).
If you really care about cosmetic damage, you could also cover vulnerable parts of your bike with helicopter tape next time.
It’s a bike, not a piece of art. Who cares?
Just touch up with some paint, happens! My bike is full of that and I own it for less than two years, just a scar. It’s better to have clean drivetrain and well maintained wheels, fork, breaks than poorly working bike without scratches.
Now you can enjoy it without worrying about it.
My dad built a beautiful wood strip kayak. I was admiring it shortly after he completed it and he said “one thing left to do” and picked up a rock and put a superficial scrape in it. He said until it got its first scrape he wouldn’t be able to enjoy it fully so he might as well get that out of the way.
I believe this step was actually in the instructions he followed.
To each their own but I think perfectly mint clean bikes are ugly.
Every scratch has a story. Let your bike tell it’s.