During the Great Stem Swap of ‘25, I managed to drop a hex wrench. I heard
the ping of it striking the top tube of my raspberry Platypus on its way
down. Ah, my first real paint chip, and right in a place I’ll see every
day. Tonight, I painted that chip with nail polish I found in a close color
match. It’s passable, but sad.
When I put together the Roadini for the 13 year old (back when he was 12),
I took extra care to buy helicopter tape (the kind they sell as screen
protectors for smartphone), and taped up all the conceivable places where
he would abuse the bike when locking it up at school. Top tube, down tube,
fork blades, you name it. I must have added at least 200g in weight based
on how much tape I used. Well, on Sunday I took a look, and despite the
helicopter tape, he had abraded enough on the fork to scrape past the tape
and chipped away at the paint underneath. I replaced the tape, but hey, if
your college boy hasn't destroyed the paint on his bike yet I'd say you're
doing great.
My wife put 4000 miles on her Ritchey Road Logic and somehow she needs a
new rear derailleur again. Luckily, Shimano CUES stuff is not expensive but
it's also supposed to be more durable than regular stuff, so that's at
least one disappointment.
As far as your Charlie Gallop choices, I stand by my stance that if you're
going to have multiple bikes, you should make them as different from each
other as possible. But that's just me.
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