PSA: £1.20 Neoprene Chain stay protector

ThanksBye
ThanksBye Posts: 519
edited June 2010 in MTB general
Seen and ordered one off these: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.32988

Its free worldwide postage, Ive used this site before and found it good, stuff takes around 2 weeks to arrive.

Jon
Cotic Soul
Pearson Hanzo
Airborne Zeppelin

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  • Atz
    Atz Posts: 1,383
    Alternatively, free by slicing up an old inner tube and using cable ties ;)
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Bought one last week from CRC :(
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • yoohoo999
    yoohoo999 Posts: 940
    ordered, nice one!

    :)
  • The Big Cheese
    The Big Cheese Posts: 8,651
    yoohoo999 wrote:
    ordered, nice one!

    :)

    +1 (for the Marin) :D
  • chedabob
    chedabob Posts: 1,133
    Is it silly of me to not want one because all my kit is SRAM? :P
  • Oxygen Thief
    Oxygen Thief Posts: 649
    What does it protect the metal bar or the chain?
  • stubs
    stubs Posts: 5,001
    Just ordered one plus for some very strange and worrying reason I ordered one of these
    sku_32986_1.jpg

    A teapot shaped bell :shock: :? :lol:
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  • ricardo666
    ricardo666 Posts: 132
    slice up an old inner tube and cable/zip tie it to the chain stay

    mines been on since I've built this bike up .

    you could always use sticky back plastic :D
    If you fall off try again !

    Trek EX8
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  • yoohoo999
    yoohoo999 Posts: 940
    ricardo666 wrote:
    slice up an old inner tube and cable/zip tie it to the chain stay

    mines been on since I've built this bike up .

    you could always use sticky back plastic :D

    Innertube looks pretty rank, which is pointless when you've just spent time and money trying to make your bike pretty :)

    My chainstay on the HT is covered in helitape, but it makes some racket when i'm on the rough stuff!
  • tri-sexual
    tri-sexual Posts: 672
    really good price
    bought loads from DX in the past, usually pretty good but there are some poor quality and counterfeight items also.
    i prefer this to the inner tube DIY version because its nicer to look at and easier to remove and wash seperately. trapped water and dirt left on a chain stay protector can cause more damage to paint work than a bike which is not equiped with one.
  • cee
    cee Posts: 4,553
    I quite like my inner tube chainstay protector
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  • bike-a-swan
    bike-a-swan Posts: 1,235
    Done well, an inner tube looks nicer than a neoprene version IMO, particularly when the neoprene gets a bit tatty. That said, I'll use a neoprene all winter because it's easier to take off for cleaning, as mentioned- the inner tube tends to go on about now and not get removed 'til october or so.
    Rock Lobster 853, Trek 1200 and a very old, tired and loved Apollo Javelin.
  • Torres
    Torres Posts: 1,266
    yoohoo999 wrote:
    ricardo666 wrote:
    slice up an old inner tube and cable/zip tie it to the chain stay

    mines been on since I've built this bike up .

    you could always use sticky back plastic :D

    Innertube looks pretty rank, which is pointless when you've just spent time and money trying to make your bike pretty :)

    Is a very good point, but i think a lot depends on the bike too. The inner tube method (if done carefully) looks pretty good on box shaped stays...
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  • Raymondavalon
    Raymondavalon Posts: 5,346
    A good find and bargain at the price.

    Atz wrote:
    Alternatively, free by slicing up an old inner tube and using cable ties ;)

    This is so cheap ass, pikey ghetto! Some of us don't mind spending more than a few quid on parts made to do the job.
    I suggest you take your DIY grifter skills to Ebay and sell your used innertube warez to fund a new Powerlink for your chain to replace the hairpin keeping it joined..
    The Bouncer
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  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,174
    I might get this body massager...
    http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.39229
    Santa Cruz Butcher
  • The Big Cheese
    The Big Cheese Posts: 8,651
    Raymondavalon wrote:
    A good find and bargain at the price.

    Atz wrote:
    Alternatively, free by slicing up an old inner tube and using cable ties ;)

    This is so cheap ass, pikey ghetto! Some of us don't mind spending more than a few quid on parts made to do the job.
    I suggest you take your DIY GYPSY grifter skills to Ebay and sell your used innertube warez to fund a new Powerlink for your chain to replace the hairpin keeping it joined..

    :) fixed! :lol:
  • ThanksBye
    ThanksBye Posts: 519
    bigbenj_08 wrote:
    I might get this body massager...
    http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.39229

    Ben im really starting to worry about you
    Cotic Soul
    Pearson Hanzo
    Airborne Zeppelin
  • Briggo
    Briggo Posts: 3,537
    tomatoevousparlour wrote:
    bigbenj_08 wrote:
    I might get this body massager...
    http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.39229

    Ben im really starting to worry about you

    Why? The man simply wants to get a good massage after a hard days riding.

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