Posted by: Kenny
Appreciate the positive feedback, especially since the stripping process was not exactly trivial haha.
I'm curious to see how it holds up.
I wiped on some of that ceramic paint treatment that gets great reviews as a long lasting hydrophobic coating when used on cars.
My hope if that will seal it up a little and increase the amount of time between touchups, while not being something like clear coat where once it starts to chip and scratch there's not.much you can do to refresh the surface.
Getting it from freshly stripped to a brushed finish was actually pretty easy, so I'm hoping it's a twice a year thing where I spend an hour refreshing it and recoating.
I have a new set of stickers inbound but I'm not convinced they add anything to the look, I may leave it sticker less which will also make refreshing easier.
Those little concentrated bottles of gel-like ceramic coatings with like 80 percent+ SiO2 content last incredibly well. Then use the "waterless carwash" diluted ceramic spary stuff for touch ups, it just builds up right on top of the base coat. Magic solution for preserving a surface, wish I'd known years ago.
Just went through a hands-on education while my professional detailer buddy was helping me coat my truck.
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Flip, my Optics been a great light weight trail bike for the year and half I've had it. Pedally bike that won't kill you on the hard stuff, unlike most pedally trail bikes I've ridden...
Lately can't figure out the derailleur hanger arrangement, derailleur seems rotated too far back when installed correctly, when I rotate the little stop tab on the XT derailleur out of the way and just let the derailleur sit metal to metal on the derailer hanger tab it's aligned correctly...but then it eats hangers.
That and maybe stop by John Henry and ask about having them shim your pivots to align perfectly if needed. Better bearing longevity apparently, not that I've had any problems thus far.
