Chainstay protection.

[Wicksy]

Just wondering what everyone is using to protect their chainstays? I had my first proper ride out on my Kenevo this morning and the chain slap was horrible so deffo want to get it sorted ASAP!.. Any pics of your protection would be massively appreciated! Cheers all!

 

[Levo_+_Hope]

Do you not have the rubber strip on there?

 

[Wicksy]

Do you not have the rubber strip on there?

nope. nothing

 

[Levo_+_Hope]

Pic? If not go Halfords and get a chain stay cover until you sort the original one out.

Or wrap insulation tape around it or a used inner tube and zip ties

 

[Donnie797]

An old tube and zipties:

Or Slapper Tape

Or Neoprene or Kevlar guards

 

[eFat]

3M 2228 tape.

 

[Wicksy]

As bare as bare can be!... I’ll have a bash at making a temporary one from an old inner tube tomorrow!

 

[Levo_+_Hope]

That’s well shit

 

[R120]

Surely its supposed to come with a protector? Have they been cheaparses and not included one on the comp?

 

[Wicksy]

That’s what I’m thinking? Anyone else had the same thing with their comp? Pretty cheap on the part of specialized when you think about it; at the end of the day it’s still over 4 grands worth of bike!

 

[Donnie797]

You can see the chainstayprotector on this pic of the Kenevo Comp, that's how it should look

 

[Donnie797]

Btw. other than shown in the video above, you should start putting the tube on the chainstay from the back so the tubes "exposed edges" don't collect too much dirt. You can see it here (please ignore the tyre-levers - the chainstay broke on that day and i had to stabilize it somehow to come home):

 

[Wicksy]

That’s a proper bodge/ hack! Brilliant work. Haha

 

[Donnie797]

That’s a proper bodge/ hack! Brilliant work. Haha

Haha yes indeed and it worked well to get home (it was plus 20km).
You're absolutely right, i will send a pic to GMBN ^^

 

[01BENN]

I’ve got the lizard skin protectors on all my bikes. They work great

 

[DEADMEAT]

Tennis racquet grips...

 

[DEADMEAT]

That’s well shit

Hahahahahahahaha

 

[DEADMEAT]

As bare as bare can be!... I’ll have a bash at making a temporary one from an old inner tube tomorrow!

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Shop mugged you off mate....

 

[Mountie]

I use Lizard Skins cut to the size of the stays

 

[Swissrob]

I haven't seen this mentioned much before but I use Scotch rubber splicing tape, cheap, indestructible and never comes off. I also use it to make 2 or 3 rubber dampers around the spokes on my brake discs, the end of noisy brakes forever also less vibration on discs extends pad life. Scotch® Rubber Splicing Tape 23 | 3M United States

 

[R80]

https://www.screwfix.com/p/self-amalgamating-rubber-tape-black-25mm-x-3m/2115v?_requestid=321795#

 

[Gary]

https://www.screwfix.com/p/self-amalgamating-rubber-tape-black-25mm-x-3m/2115v?_requestid=321795#

will that stick to painted aluminium or does it need to self amalgamate to itself? ie. needs wrapped

 

[R80]

will that stick to painted aluminium or does it need to self amalgamate to itself? ie. needs wrapped

It needs to be wrapped. I’ve used a small zip tie at either end to secure it

 

[Gary]

Ah... thought so. I've used self amalgamating tape in the past. Wondered if this was anything like mastic tape.
Thanks

 

[Peebee01]

I’ve got the standard chainstay protector on my levo. Its the glued on, rubber strip. The problem is that it disolves with the Muc off degreaser when I clean my chain.

Has someone removed this strip? Can I just rip it off or does it risk pulling off the paint as well? Will buy lizard skins shown above, that looks good. Just doubting if I should put it on top of the existing one or pull it off first.

 

[Kangr]

Another bodge ive heard of to dampen the noise is to put the sticky velco on there. I would put the innertube or tape on first and then put this on top.

 

[Jrwilliams7]

13 bucks off amazon