Anyone ever Rhino Line a bike frame. I am thinking about having my swingarm Rhino Lined. Seems like a good idea, but wanted to hear your thoughts.
Rhino Line Swingarm
- Thread starter Tootrikky
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My friend used bed liner on his swingarm, it's been fine for a couple months now... "Rhino lining" is pretty damn expensive, unless you have a hookup.
seems like overkill just to protect from chainslap.
Electrical tape is much cheaper.
clancy98 said:
Darn that put some water on the fire. I was thinking about masking off the the non chanin slap areas and seeing if the local Rhino Line shop would throw a coat on for a case of beer, since I would guess that it would be an easy job, but sounds too heavy.
Gonna put some Hockey tape on there instead.
To do it yourself try Herculiner or Durabak. Both when applied are about 1/16" thick. Durabak you can get colored too.
2 coats are 1/6" thick that is. Use the rest on your truck. Ax handles, anything really it is good stuff to have around.
Cut the outer strip of an old tube bout 1'' wide and wrap it super tight begining at the chainring and continue the wrap to the drop out. Cut to length and you can get away with using one or two zip ties. hasnt failed me yet, and it looks clean.
You must know Freak.....bigshred said:
Except he uses lots of zip ties.
I have tube on my HT and a Lizard skin wrap (came with my Rotec) on my DH swing arm.
An aerosol can of spray liner is only like 7 dollars, I got a bunch from walmart and did the whole roof of my van. Try that........not only will it work, it is super inexpensive.
The issue of weight especially on a swingarm has a profound effect on the overall performance of the shock.
Sprung weight vs Unsprung weight is very important when dealing with overall performance regarding the rear shock and your swingarm in general.
The heavier the mass the slower the reaction (from the shock) and the lighter the mass the quicker the reaction (from the shock).
By reducing unwanted sprung weight from your swingarm you improve the unsprung performance of the rear. This greatly improves rear shock performance by improving reaction (response) from your rear shock.
This holds true with Ti spring as well. By reducing the weight from Steel to Ti you WILL vastly improve the reaction performance of your shock as well as having a lighter swingarm/shock assembly. Being that those lining are heavy this will add weight to the rear swingarm......well you know the drill.
Sully,
Roteccycles GRC
Sprung weight vs Unsprung weight is very important when dealing with overall performance regarding the rear shock and your swingarm in general.
The heavier the mass the slower the reaction (from the shock) and the lighter the mass the quicker the reaction (from the shock).
By reducing unwanted sprung weight from your swingarm you improve the unsprung performance of the rear. This greatly improves rear shock performance by improving reaction (response) from your rear shock.
This holds true with Ti spring as well. By reducing the weight from Steel to Ti you WILL vastly improve the reaction performance of your shock as well as having a lighter swingarm/shock assembly. Being that those lining are heavy this will add weight to the rear swingarm......well you know the drill.
Sully,
Roteccycles GRC