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      CommentAuthorNeverender
    • CommentTimeMay 1st 2008
     

    The guys who converted my bike left the braze-on stops for the rear brake cable across the bottom of the top tube when they powdercoated it.
    Does anyone know a way to remove them and then touch up the paint without damaging the frame or cracking any paint/metal?
    They are on the bottom and they suck when shouldering my bike...plus being completely useless to me.

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    You can hacksaw/file them, but not messing the paint is tricky.

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      CommentAuthoryetti_core
    • CommentTimeMay 1st 2008 edited
     

    i took a grinder to all my braze ons when i had a conversion but I did it before paint.

    it came out pretty smooth and i didn't even need to file the areas.

    • CommentAuthormike
    • CommentTimeMay 1st 2008
     

    Unfortunately, patching powder coat is unfortunately pretty much impossible, unless you feel like powder coating it again.

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      CommentAuthorzelah
    • CommentTimeMay 1st 2008
     

    Oh please don't remove them. You might need them again one day.

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    wrap the offending one with bar tape, but if it's a nice frame leave it, you may need it again someday when this "single speed" fixed gear thing passes :) j/k

    or if you sell it, that would be hard to explain.

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      CommentAuthorNeverender
    • CommentTimeMay 2nd 2008
     

    Thanks for the advice guys, I'll tough it out and keep 'em.

    Bar tape sounds good, definitely beats a top tube pad...ewww.

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