Satin matte frame finish

Looking at a deal on a bike with a satin matte finish and not having any experience of the robustness and longetevity means I would be grateful if anyone can share their experience?
It looks fine in the shop but my concern is it will be an absolute PIA to keep looking mint.
BTW I ride all year with an annual mileage of 5000 miles in all weathers.
It looks fine in the shop but my concern is it will be an absolute PIA to keep looking mint.
BTW I ride all year with an annual mileage of 5000 miles in all weathers.
“Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring”
Desmond Tutu
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Baby wipes do clean bikes well.
Matte finishes are lovely BUT are bloody hard to maintain the beautiful surface & prevent scratches.
Personally I would avoid using GT85 or similar. Might bring it up nice & clean but can also remove the matte finish & creates a shiny surface (at least it did with my canyon ultimate CF :evil: ).
a tiny bit of normal car shampoo with no added wax to wash it was fine on my old matt black cube. or even just plain water
baby wipes are also very good, so i would agree on that one.
its matt, so dont rub it too hard or you will polish it and make it shiny.
i remember a photo shoot many years ago where the owner of a matt black and orange escort cosworth decided to polish the car.
the fool was up till 4am then having to polish all the matt black paint for the photoshoot. the matt black was one of the reasons we featured it... (used to work for a car mag)
Exactly! :oops:
Shortly after getting my canyon back in 2013 I found an annoying mark inside the fork. A 'guru' from the bike club advised me that gt85 was the answer.
Naively I trusted his advice but within a second or so realised it was s*** advice!
Luckily it was in an unnoticeable place on the bike, although I always knew it was there which really p***ed me off (ocd).
Live & learn though.
isopropyl alcohol then, and dont rub much.
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http://www.sigmasport.co.uk/accessories ... p=view-all
This...Red Ant is an excellent cleaner for matt frames and leaves a nice, as new finish.
Agreed. Use it on my Matt finish R3. It's the business. Look no further
2020 Merida Reacto Disc Ltd - black on black
2017 Cervelo R3 DI2 - black & white - for sale
2015 CAAD8 105 - very green
The departed:
Boardman CX Team - sold
Cannondale Synapse - broken
Cube Streamer - stolen
Boardman Road Comp - stolen
Mind you, I had noticed it hadn't been effectively repelling water so I may have been missing out!
CARBON FIBRE BICYCLE FRAME CLEANER
• Frame friendly, fast, effective and safe all over carbon fibre bike cleaner
• Unique PH Neutral formulation is effective at cleaning heavy dirt whilst protecting your frame and other surfaces
• Unique carbon fibre frame dirt release and degreasing technology
• New bio-degradable cleaning technology
CARBON FIBRE BICYCLE FRAME PROTECTOR
• Protects and adds shine with gloss enhancer technology
• Designed to slow down dirt build up between washes
• Effectively repels water
• Up to 4 week all over surface protection technology
2020 Merida Reacto Disc Ltd - black on black
2017 Cervelo R3 DI2 - black & white - for sale
2015 CAAD8 105 - very green
The departed:
Boardman CX Team - sold
Cannondale Synapse - broken
Cube Streamer - stolen
Boardman Road Comp - stolen
Which is why I rinse off with tap water. Having said that, it's going to be baby wipes all the way with my nice new bike
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S Works Tarmac e-tap 2017
Rose pro sl disc
I use car shampoo on my CR1 if I can ever be arsed to wash it. Occasionally I'll run out and use Fairy liquid instead. If I'm washing my bike there's a good chance it's already plastered in road salt; I doubt the tiny amount in a squirt of detergent would do any damage to a bike even if it wasn't rinsed off.
First world problems when you're worrying about what to wash your bike with...
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On my Canyon Ultimate SLX I use Atlantic Matt-Care 150ml spray, it does an amazing job. The bike is now 6 months old and haven't seen any "damage" it looks like day one.
I also use their Endura stuff on everything I have to clean because I like the smell.
I just got a road bike which had a lovely pearlescent shimmer. You can't see it now, after 400km it's covered in dust. I'll probably give it a wipe with a damp cloth but that's about it.
Now a clean chainset.... that's something I'm obsessive about because it actually has a practical effect on my riding.
Ahh but an mtb only looks right when it's filthy. That's what I tell myself anyway.
Desmond Tutu
That's revolutionary.
Bikes used to be shiny and have chrome. You could spend hours cleaning them and really make an impact.
If ICanBA to clean my bike, I wash it with washing up liquid and then car shampoo. Though I do keep the transmission as clean as possible. The invloves chucking more lube on it and wiping it off.