Lizard skins?

[toddm]

My OCD is kicking in and I noticed some scratches on my new Kona. I put some blue masking tape as a temporary stop gap to make sure this didn't continue.

Does anyone here use Lizard skins? I have a chaingaurd already, I just want to stop some of the cable rub. Good product?

Anywhere local to buy it or just online?

Thanks in advance!

ToddM

[gnurider1080]

my friend got some of those little carbon patches from them and hes happy with them.

[Luckybikes]

Yea i own some of them to they work great

[OldSloDoggie]

on my new Kona. [Quote]

Which Kona did you get? I got the skins on my Dawgs chainstay but got scratched and gouged any how. Most bike shops carry them

[toddm]

I got a leftover Kikapu Delux. My first FS bike. So far I love it. Thinking about getting a rear shock protector as well, although I might be paranoid.

I have some sort of gaurd on my chainstay, and it seems to be working well. I might take a link out of my chain too since it tends to slap a lot.

T

[Goldstar78i]

Used duct tape on my Kona Cowan and haven't looked back. Its been good for about a year.

Is there anything it can't do ;D

[MTBME]

"Is there anything it can't do "

Yeah, it can't peel off real clean after its been on awhile. I have a chainstay protector and a rear shock protector. The chainstay gets torn up no matter how many chain links you remove. The rear shock is too expensive to take a chance with it.

[toddm]

If you don't mind me asking, which rear shock protector?

I am using the "blue" masking tape right now, which supposedly peels off clean. I will see how that goes. I know a few people that use them on the track (car racing) and it gets heated up real good and comes off clean.

T

[Quo Fan]

I use the carbon patches with good luck. When I built my Craftworks, the way I routed the rear derailer cable rubs the seat tube. I got come carbon patches, and now I don't have to worry. They look cool too.

[MTBME]

"If you don't mind me asking, which rear shock protector?"

I have a Lizard Skin neoprene wrap on the rear shock. I'm just trying to keep a rock from coming up and putting a ding in the thing.

[Luckybikes]

If you don't mind me asking, which rear shock protector?

I am using the "blue" masking tape right now, which supposedly peels off clean. I will see how that goes. I know a few people that use them on the track (car racing) and it gets heated up real good and comes off clean.

T


Your rear shock on your mountain bike will never even come close to heating up like a car shock dose

[off piste]

Just get it over with. Mountain bikes are meant to be ridden, and the best compliment you could give them is to use them up and leave them a twisted, ugly mass of scratched up, dented metal. I did it to my '99 FSR, and my brand new, absolutly freakin' drop dead gorgeous Stumpjumper FSR, fit to be hung on the wall as modern art, is now approaching its 3rd month of ownership by yours truly with enough battle scars to put its effective age at 2 years, IMHO. Just go out and attempt to put as many nasty gouges into it as you put into yourself -- the bike will still ride the same (probably), and it's beauty will just increase with each huck, each 2 wheel drift, each rooster tail through the mud, even as the reminders of past rides accumulate on its facade.

_Mark

[kernel crash]

Ya, I've ridden with guys like you before. Those are the guys that are always breaking down on the trail because they have so much dirt on their bikes, they didn't notice that their bikes were coming apart :( Me, I prefer the crisp predictable shifting and braking that comes from a well maintained bike. ;)

[off piste]

WTF said my bike wasn't maintained? It gets cleaned and lubed after every ride, and gets what it needs to be in tip top condition. I'm just not too worried about dropping thre thing ove on it's side and scratching the paint.

[toddm]

Oops, didnt mean I was using masking tape on the shock, just the frame, for cable rub.

Shock, I will probably scoop a lizard skin tonight.

Tele_mark, ok that cable rub protection is me being an OCD wimp. But the shock boot is becuase I'm not in the position to get new parts/rebuilds all the time. I just can't afford it. More of a preventative maintenance thing. I'm figuring 10 bucks for a shock boot might save me the 120 bucks rebuild later on.

Thanks for the advice!

Toddm

[slapheadmofo]

";Life should NOT be a journey to the Grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - chocolate in one hand - strawberries in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming WOO HOO! What a Ride!";

I say this applies to bikes too! ;) I used to try to keep my bikes pretty a long time ago; the bikes didn't care one bit. Now I only maintain the things that NEED to be maintained. The bikes still don't care. I don't have any more or less mechanical issues because of a little leftover mud or a scuff or 20 in the paint. Most dirt will fall off in the first couple miles of the next ride anyway.

I do use a lizard skin or tape on my chainstays, but it's to keep noise to a minimum rather to protect the finish.

[off piste]

Oops, didnt mean I was using masking tape on the shock, just the frame, for cable rub.

Shock, I will probably scoop a lizard skin tonight.

Tele_mark, ok that cable rub protection is me being an OCD wimp. But the shock boot is becuase I'm not in the position to get new parts/rebuilds all the time. I just can't afford it. More of a preventative maintenance thing. I'm figuring 10 bucks for a shock boot might save me the 120 bucks rebuild later on.

Thanks for the advice!

Toddm






Yep, I've got a Lizard Skins boot on my shock too, as well as that little "mini fender" Specialized makes to keep splash off of the shock, same reason.

[auntesther1]

I use thick 3m vinyl tape that is for moto bikes. Its clear, goes on very easily, almost invisible when on and protects very well against scuffs, scrapes, etc. You should be able to get it at moto shops...or go-ride sells sheets of it too ( they call if frame save or something like that)

[MTBME]

"I used to try to keep my bikes pretty a long time ago; the bikes didn't care one bit. "

Ya but my wife does. I live in a townhouse now and have no outdoor storage. I have to drag my bikes across the living room rug every time I come and go. So I can also be a little fanatical about cleaning the bike. It doesn't stop me from having a good time with it, it just creates a little more work for me. And I don't have to listen to the fallout if you know what I mean.

[slapheadmofo]

And I don't have to listen to the fallout if you know what I mean.


Yup, I sure do! ;) I definitely kept em cleaner when they lived inside.