I had a close call, so I made this.

[music_maj_34]

I know many of you made one of these already, but I thought I'd share.

For those of you that may be wondering...

I used 2" PVC pipe and cut and shaped it.
1/8" weather strip foam tape for cushioning
black zip ties
black spray paint made for plastic

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[eturt9]

looks nice, I should make one, I got a huge ass dent on my echo pure downtube because I don't have one and mostly I suck.

[Acolyte]

Shit, if you were afraid of one dent on yours, you'd probably puke if you saw my HiFi's downtube. I've had it for about a year now, and beat up is quite the understatement. I even managed to mis-align my dropouts from a gap to chainstay move. Still works as good as the day I bought it.

[Giant1118]

i made one of those and used it the first week or so that i got my bike...took it off after that tho. It looked stupid and its really just a bike

[esfrost]

what about the rest of the tube? dont u wanna protect it?

[music_maj_34]

I am not thrilled about how it looks either, but it's better than replacing a whole frame. My wife would shoot me!

Yeah, I think I would puke if I did something like that to my bike. heh heh

As far as protecting the rest of the bottom tube... when I made this I was only thinking about where I tend to hit the bottom tube. I was thinking that the wheel would prevent something from hitting the tube up any higher.

I guess I should make a longer one. Thanks.

[toyota200x]

I really like the look of that. Looks very professional. I have something simialar to that but thinner. Nice work.

[music_maj_34]

I really like the look of that. Looks very professional. I have something simialar to that but thinner. Nice work.

Thanks man. I actually just started making another one that looks the same, but it is longer and will protect the whole down tube.

After I do this hopefully I will take a few more chances while riding. Before making this I was always worried about messing up my frame.

[rocpyro]

For mine, I just wrapped some strips of aluminum (1/8" by 1/2" by 1') with electrical tape. three of those around the down tube will block anything.

[ronan_zj]

Do U mind sending one to me?

[Milton Burl]

Nice Work. Function before Fashion.

[toyota200x]

Nice Work. Function before Fashion.

Yes Function before fashion. I think you could go into buisness selling these.

[music_maj_34]

Thanks - If I had the proper tools, I could pop these things out real quick. I've been doing it by hand so far. (Hack saw and sand paper) It's a little time comsuming.

Ya really think people would buy these things? Maybe I'll make a few and bring em' to Motorama to see what people think.

I just finished my second one for the whole down tube. I'll post a pic in a little while.

Does anyone think I should make them skinnier to save on weight? Just curious if you think a skinnier would offer the same protection?

[carnagr]

As it is what does it weigh? I'm thinking no more than like 80 grams. That's really not that much. For people that are that much of a weigh weenie, they probably wouldn't use them at all.

[trauma100]

A few years ago...
http://www.observedtrials.net/otn3/DSCN9173.JPG

[Matt101]

Nice

[toyota200x]

It kinda seems like people want to dent their downtube. I say this because I rarely see people with protection on their frame. Your product looks very nice and it wouldn't hurt to bring them to the comp. I like the drilled hole look, very sexy.

[music_maj_34]

Dang... the holes in that look really nice! How do have that attached to the frame?

I'm thinking that if I get a dremel tool I could cut out some really cool designs.

[music_maj_34]

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Well, here's the new one. I may experiment with some other designs since it costs nearly nothing to make these things.

[trauma100]

Dang... the holes in that look really nice! How do have that attached to the frame?

I'm thinking that if I get a dremel tool I could cut out some really cool designs.double sided tape (the industrial stuff)

Dremel's are good for home dentistry as well:naughty:

[stinkybastard]

Have one similar to yours, except instead of zip ties, I used adhesive velcro on the dt and guard..actually i dont really need the velcro as the pvc tubing locks itself in place. My new frame will have an extra gussett on the dt/bb shell, so making a dt guard to fit will be a bit tricky.