Today I noticed many fairly large spots (the size of a dime or a nickel) on my Cyclerack where the paint has bubbled and come off and the rack has surface rust on it. I thought these things were powdercoated. My rack is maybe 6 or 7 years old, is always cleaned, washed or wet wiped down (and dried) if dirty, waxed occasionally like the rest of the bike, but it lives outside on the coast in a slightly salty environment. It has never been scratched or roughed up, but the paint can't even stand up to the air?
What a PITA, now I have to sand it down, cover it with a rust converter and either brush up the bare spots or spray the whole thing. Anybody else have a problem with the poor paint job on the Cyclerack? I'd like to take it off and send it back to them to refurbish or replace but I doubt they would be helpful at all. There was no indication of this previously, it happened all of a sudden in multiple spots, so I guess it was brewing for a long time 'till the rust popped through the crapped out paint. If any of you have repainted yours, what did you use for better protection?
What a PITA, now I have to sand it down, cover it with a rust converter and either brush up the bare spots or spray the whole thing. Anybody else have a problem with the poor paint job on the Cyclerack? I'd like to take it off and send it back to them to refurbish or replace but I doubt they would be helpful at all. There was no indication of this previously, it happened all of a sudden in multiple spots, so I guess it was brewing for a long time 'till the rust popped through the crapped out paint. If any of you have repainted yours, what did you use for better protection?