Carbon Frame Trek Domaine

postie90

Ive recently bought a trek domaine carbon frame, my 1st road bike.... i treat my bikes like my car always kept spotlessly clean, is there any dont`s regarding cleaning a carbon frame? what about protect for the frame from the elements, may be a wax? and tips or advise would be great.... thanks....

keef66

Carbon's pretty tough stuff. I just wash mine from time to time with warm soapy water. I suppose you could treat it to a waxing if you're that way inclined; I've never considered it as mine's a matt finish so I don't really want shiny bits.

If you have an alloy seatpost in a carbon frame (or indeed the reverse) I'd suggest a light smear of carbon assembly paste a) to prevent slipping and reduce the torque needed to adequately tighten the seatpost clamp, and b) to reduce the likelihood of them becoming stuck due to corrosion of the aluminium. Especially important if you're riding in the wet without mudguards, and flinging mucky, sometimes salty water up the back of the seatpost.

thegreatdivide

If it's a gloss frame then Mr Sheen all the way!

If it's a matte or 'waxed' carbon frame then some car waxes can be used.

I only use Muc Off on my winter bike and MTB, the rest of the bikes are cleaned with warm water and a soft cloth - nothing else. Although any stubborn oil or tar spots are removed with Park Tool Chain Brite then wiped with a wet cloth.

t4tomo

postie90 wrote:

Ive recently bought a trek domaine carbon frame, my 1st road bike.... i treat my bikes like my car always kept spotlessly clean, is there any dont`s regarding cleaning a carbon frame? what about protect for the frame from the elements, may be a wax? and tips or advise would be great.... thanks....

Learn to spell the name of the bike you've bought would be my advice. Its written on the downtube.
Nice bike btw, I hired one in france in the summer.

cougie

Also it helps that its an anagram of Madone, and that new one Emonda ? They must be running out of them by now ?

postie90

t4tomo wrote:

postie90 wrote:

Ive recently bought a trek domaine carbon frame, my 1st road bike.... i treat my bikes like my car always kept spotlessly clean, is there any dont`s regarding cleaning a carbon frame? what about protect for the frame from the elements, may be a wax? and tips or advise would be great.... thanks....

Learn to spell the name of the bike you've bought would be my advice. Its written on the downtube.
Nice bike btw, I hired one in france in the summer.

t4tomo good point lol..... id just finished work & had beer

rolf_f

cougie wrote:

Also it helps that its an anagram of Madone, and that new one Emonda ? They must be running out of them by now ?

Naaaaah

Mondae
NoDame (not available in WSD)
Nomade
Daemon
Damone
Endamo
EdnaMo (with special edition Simpsons graphics)
Modane
Emoand
Medona
Mendoa
Menado
NoEdam (not available in Holland)
OnEdam (available in Holland)

....and many more. Unfortunately.....

darkhairedlord

Rolf F wrote:

cougie wrote:

Also it helps that its an anagram of Madone, and that new one Emonda ? They must be running out of them by now ?

Naaaaah

Mondae
NoDame (not available in WSD)
Nomade
Daemon
Damone
Endamo
EdnaMo (with special edition Simpsons graphics)
Modane
Emoand
Medona
Mendoa
Menado
NoEdam (not available in Holland)
OnEdam (available in Holland)

....and many more. Unfortunately.....

Moaned
Onmead (for the audax crowd)

Paul 8v

Mine has done nearly 6000km now. Cracking bike, very sturdy

majormantra

Rolf F wrote:

cougie wrote:

Also it helps that its an anagram of Madone, and that new one Emonda ? They must be running out of them by now ?

Naaaaah

Mondae
NoDame (not available in WSD)
Nomade
Daemon
Damone
Endamo
EdnaMo (with special edition Simpsons graphics)
Modane
Emoand
Medona
Mendoa
Menado
NoEdam (not available in Holland)
OnEdam (available in Holland)

....and many more. Unfortunately.....

greasedscotsman

Paul 8v wrote:

Mine has done nearly 6000km now. Cracking bike, very sturdy

What, you mean it's got lots of cracks? That can't be good!

postie90

Paul 8v wrote:

Mine has done nearly 6000km now. Cracking bike, very sturdy

Paul... have you the original gearing? i love the bike but am finding the gear changing very hit and miss... not like compared to my other bikes.... was thinking off running it through the winter then may be upgrading? although saying this I've got to return it for its 4 week check up so will mention it see if they can align the gears better...

Paul 8v

It's Shimano it should run like clockwork (Mine does) If it was like that from the start it wasn't set up properly, if it's done that over time it's just stretch and everything bedding in, quite normal.

I fitted an Ultegra cassette on my fancy wheels and kept the Tiagra on the old ones for winter work. There's no discernible difference in the quality of the shift but the Tiagra one weighs about as much as a boat anchor!

DKay

postie90 wrote:

Ive recently bought a trek domaine carbon frame, my 1st road bike.... i treat my bikes like my car always kept spotlessly clean, is there any dont`s regarding cleaning a carbon frame? what about protect for the frame from the elements, may be a wax? and tips or advise would be great.... thanks....

I use a car wax on my matt Cayo Evo. As long as it's just a wax and contains no cutting compounds, then it's absolutely fine to use. I use Collinite 476S and it's superb. I went out in a three hour ride in the rain today and coupled with Crud Road Racers, all the bike needed was a wipe down with some baby wipes.