Invisiframe vs Ride Wrap
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Have good experience with Dyedbro.
Invisiframe + Ridewrap are tempting since they are cut to match the frame well. Dyedbro looks nice but I want clear film
Yup. Both have. For the first time in my life I have a fairly popular frame.
No experience with ridewrap so couldn't comment on the quality or fitting process but as it seems to be twice the price of invisiframe I'd have to assume something is different about it otherwise it'd just not be good VFM.
All the invisiframe kits I've fitted have had good coverage but the occasional one has had either an extra piece or a piece I've needed to trim slightly to fit better. They generally come with extra pieces too. Fitting can be a ball ache but that's generally more to do with frame design than the kits. It can be super time consuming and It's not a job I enjoy particularly.
All the invisiframe kits I've fitted have had good coverage but the occasional one has had either an extra piece or a piece I've needed to trim slightly to fit better. They generally come with extra pieces too. Fitting can be a ball ache but that's generally more to do with frame design than the kits. It can be super time consuming and It's not a job I enjoy particularly.
From a quick research Ride Wrap covers a bigger % of the frame, comes with all the tools you need and some people claim it looks slightly better on glossy frames (vs invisiframe being better on matte).
I am dreading the process already but since I have to stay at home for the next 2 weekends I might as well spend them annoying myself with some protective film
I've purchased and installed some ridewrap for the frame I have now, just their generic kit. It's nice and you get everything you need to do it.
I also got a kit specifically for my fork, but I haven't done it yet as it looks like a pain to do.
It takes a lot of time and patience. Luckily my frame is all mostly straight tubes, so it was relatively easy.
I also got a kit specifically for my fork, but I haven't done it yet as it looks like a pain to do.
It takes a lot of time and patience. Luckily my frame is all mostly straight tubes, so it was relatively easy.
Yeah I'm wondering if I should splurge for their super duper kit or just go with the mid pack version.
The Ridewrap website walks you through the miraculous properties of their product…
I got my Sight wrapped for me after watching some friends curse their way through the process.
it seems to offer some protection, but a rock strike is a rock strike.
I got my Sight wrapped for me after watching some friends curse their way through the process.
it seems to offer some protection, but a rock strike is a rock strike.
lol. i just run a strip of mastic down the downtube and bottom of the chainstays and forget about it. it's just a bike.
It's more about resale value than anything.
gotcha...was just throwing it out there as a cheaper and probably more durable alternative. i tend to ride my bikes until they're ded, so resale isn't an issue. even so, i'm wonder if you could pull mastic off and magic sponge the residue (or even if mastic would really affect resale that much).
Yeah unless I fall in love with the Capra I plan to ride it for 1-2 seasons and then see if I want something different
yeah.
I'm exactly the same but I tend not to sell bikes or frames on for years n years if at all.
I'd only ever recommend bothering to wrap a frame if you plan on selling it on within 2 years.
Because.
If its the black carbon Capra. They used to come wrapped.
Why baby shampoo?
I bought a roll of matte black and a roll of clear 3M heli tape, and cut it as needed for frames and fork lowers. WAY cheaper.
Because every other shampoo is full of badness.
You dilute a tiny bit in water.. It allows you to reposition the tape when fitting.
Yeah being bald means I know shit about shampoo. It was used for cleaning the frame? Since I have some fancy mucoff gifted to me by my inlaws.
I did spend a buttload of money to keep my hair til 32 and not get bald at 21 like my father but at least now I can spend that cash on fancy bike protecting things and embrace my sexi nazi look (After I shaved my head my GF told me I look like Ed Norton in American History X. Not sure how to take it).
Also Trafic Film Remover on a new bike? ( I am dumb when it comes to cleaning bikes. I am also dumb when it comes to other stuff)
That's the best Ed Norton ever looked*. I'd take it as a compliment.
*Except when he was played by Bad Pitt in Figh club
Yeah but she also has said it 1 day after a bunch of nazis and football fans attacked a pride in this fucked up country so I was like "uuugh could have waited with that look". Then again pre shaving she compared me to Waingro from the movie "Heat" so her comparisons are weird.That's the best Ed Norton ever looked*. I'd take it as a compliment.
*Except when he was played by Bad Pitt in Figh club
Had to google "Waingro" having never seen Heat. and looking at the Actor now.
He actually looks like a better looking slightly older version of Ed Norton in AHx
so maybe her comparisons aren't all that weird.
Coulda been a lot worse you could have gone on trying to deny the baldness for a further 50 years and she'd have started comparing you to Jack Nicholson.
He actually looks like a better looking slightly older version of Ed Norton in AHx
so maybe her comparisons aren't all that weird.
Coulda been a lot worse you could have gone on trying to deny the baldness for a further 50 years and she'd have started comparing you to Jack Nicholson.
had the ride wrap on the trance x. huge pita to install and had air bubbles all over. no protection on the rise, couldn’t be bothered to do it all over again
I did a non-frame specific kit from RideWrap on my GG, and one of their fitted kits on the fork. The generic kit has plenty of pieces to get good coverage on the front triangle. Rear triangle it was a maybe a tad light. It's generally held up pretty well, but on chainstays in particular it can start peeling from heel rub.
Installation mostly isn't too bad but I still ended up with bubbles in some spots. Some contours of the frame and fork the damn stuff just didn't want to stay stuck so I blasted it with a heat gun while repeatedly smoothing it down and it eventually stuck.
Installation mostly isn't too bad but I still ended up with bubbles in some spots. Some contours of the frame and fork the damn stuff just didn't want to stay stuck so I blasted it with a heat gun while repeatedly smoothing it down and it eventually stuck.
Oh yeah, my heal either ripped off or rubbed through the stuff after two rides.
I also found some bubbles on the first sheet I did...and a cat hair dammit.
MOAR lubrication is better. I made an absolute mess in the kitchen doing it, but it helped. So did beer(s).
Even though it was a right pain, I think I'd do it again.
I was so stoked when I found my Nukeproof Mega came pre-wrapped and also included touch up. Nice touch.
Yeah. The wrap was a nice surprise addition on the 21 onward carbons. (not just the mega) and NP have thrown in touch up paint in for years. Mind prices are approaching proper brands now
Vitus do the same BTW. (no huge surprise there really )
Vitus do the same BTW. (no huge surprise there really
)That is true but he was a fuckup that got DeNiro killed and was a prostitute killer. Not the light you want your gf to see you inHad to google "Waingro" having never seen Heat. and looking at the Actor now.
He actually looks like a better looking slightly older version of Ed Norton in AHx
so maybe her comparisons aren't all that weird.
Coulda been a lot worse you could have gone on trying to deny the baldness for a further 50 years and she'd have started comparing you to Jack Nicholson.