LuciferMutt
Well-known member
My new-to-me F800GT has these:
Unfortunately, they don't look that nice. The left side has a big scrape on it where at least the pannier itself was dropped, or the bike was dropped on the pannier. The right side is covered in scuffs and scrapes.
I've had decent luck using Vivvid vinyl to protect certain areas of a bike before (like from boot-heel scuffs, for example) but I've never actually used it wrap something. Anybody done similar on a set of panniers like these? I may not even wrap the whole pannier, but just put some color (white) accents on the outside to cover up the worst. Not sure what the best way to cut a nice pattern will be -- most sign or engraving shops can't cut vinyl with lasers because when it vaporizes and mixes with the H2O in the air it creates chlorine gas. So it has to be cut by mechanical methods and I don't have a super steady hand
Unfortunately, they don't look that nice. The left side has a big scrape on it where at least the pannier itself was dropped, or the bike was dropped on the pannier. The right side is covered in scuffs and scrapes.
I've had decent luck using Vivvid vinyl to protect certain areas of a bike before (like from boot-heel scuffs, for example) but I've never actually used it wrap something. Anybody done similar on a set of panniers like these? I may not even wrap the whole pannier, but just put some color (white) accents on the outside to cover up the worst. Not sure what the best way to cut a nice pattern will be -- most sign or engraving shops can't cut vinyl with lasers because when it vaporizes and mixes with the H2O in the air it creates chlorine gas. So it has to be cut by mechanical methods and I don't have a super steady hand
