Judging from the amount of black stuff I see on my Roadini's chainstays, I'd say that chainstay protectors are still necessary. They're cheap so why save the money?
On Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 7:49:38 AM UTC-8 Patrick Moore wrote: > It has been so long since I’ve owned a standard road derailleur bike that > I don’t remember if chain slap protectors were normally used on road bikes. > > My third-hand Roadeo does not have one but I see no chain damage to the > stay; does this mean that, riding on pavement or, at worst, on firm dirt, > that a chain on a 50/34 t ring combination is always high enough not to > bang the paint? > > I do hear the chain slapping the cage on roughish pavement descents, but > again, no sign of chainstay paint damage. > > Should I install one just in case? > > If so, then next question: I’ve got some very old but NOS and rather nice > real chromed metal cs protectors but they are so old that the glue has > probably dried up. Can I attach to the chainstay paint with a strategic > number of little contact cement points (applying cement lightly to both > surfaces, let dry, press)? > > Sorry, no twine or used tubes on this bike. > > -- > > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing > services > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* > > *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* > > *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/79cac769-3534-45ba-bf87-6ea7f71cfafen%40googlegroups.com.
