How do you make a chain stay protector?

The one we’re showcasing involves attaching a couple of rubber rings to the stay with zip-ties but you can also do something with padded 3M tape, an old inner tube or heat shrink. You can make a simple chainstay protector from a strip of Gaffa tape, which you cut to the length of your stay and neaten up the corners.

What is chain stay protector?

A chain-stay protector is an item that protects your chain from hitting the chain-stay; it’s also known as the metal part beneath the chain. Every road bike must have a chain-stay protector to keep other damages from happening to the chain, the paint, and the bike itself.

What can I use to make a chainstay protector?

You can make a simple chainstay protector from a strip of Gaffa tape, which you cut to the length of your stay and neaten up the corners. However, you may want something a bit more permanent so we’re going to re-purpose one from an old tyre. 1. Measure the circumference of your chain stay using a piece of paper. 2.

What kind of tape should I put on my chainstay?

What’s odd is we’ve been putting chainstay protectors on bikes for about 30 years so it’s shocking that modern hardtails often don’t come with them. The simplest chainstay protector is a piece of clear tape, like sticky backed plastic. It’s thin and it will stop chipping for a while.

Do you need chainstay protection on a hardtail?

Of the 24 hardtails in our Hardtail of the Year test only a couple came with any sort of protection on the driveside chainstay. On the rest, the chainstay was exposed, ripe for shot peening by the chain as the bike rattled down the descents.

Do you need to measure the length of a chainstay?

Stick on design go straight on the surface of the stay but you’ll need to measure the size of the chainstay if you intend to use a neoprene sleeve. To do this wrap a piece of paper round the outside and measure the circumference. Like the diameter, the chainstay length is not fixed so you’ll need a chainstay protector that’s long enough.