Armour Ride - Frame Protection

[Escapee..]

Anyone seen this or used this before?

 

Looking at putting some protection on my bike frame 

 

armour-ride.com

 

armoutekza on instagram

 

Clear protection and then also some funky designs

[fanievb]

I have it on my bike

it's a TEEF to fit.

instruction on youtube say make it wet and fit. DON'T do it. I had to chuck the top tube piece.

for the rest had to cut them smaller and then fit SLOWLY. it does not go around funny bends and folds on the frame.

 

edit:

you can see the edge on the downtube

Edited July 2, 2020 by fanievb

[DJuice]

a Friend had his Scalpel done by Armourtek, took a good few days.

 

Will see tonight, not sure who is more exited about the new bike, me or him!

[Escapee..]

a Friend had his Scalpel done by Armourtek, took a good few days.

 

Will see tonight, not sure who is more exited about the new bike, me or him!

 

aaaaaannndddd??????

[Vallende Vaandel]

So I saw the post yesterday... Decided to check what Armour-ride was all about... Fell in love and thanks to Hanger Bike Co I now have this begging to be tattoo'd on my bike today!

 

[BikeisLife]

I have it on my bike

 

it's a TEEF to fit.

 

instruction on youtube say make it wet and fit. DON'T do it. I had to chuck the top tube piece.

 

for the rest had to cut them smaller and then fit SLOWLY. it does not go around funny bends and folds on the frame.

 

edit:

 

you can see the edge on the downtube

 

You should use a tiny bit of baby shampoo and water in a spray bottle, spray sticker and then apply with a card or something similar pushing out the air bubbles. I did one of my frames before, extremely time consuming but worth it.

[DJuice]

Neatly done. Money well spend.

All my bikes have home style protection, basically the same, more professional.

His was done professionally so cant comment on the process.

My diy jobs...wifes is good at it.

[Steady Spin]

What an absolute ball ache of a company to deal with. 
 

Three weeks already to try and get the correct order delivered. Ordered matte, gloss was delivered. They promised to sort it out on Monday. Nothing happening.

I hope the product is better than their service. 

I want to pull the trigger on a complete kit for my Evil but now I’m super skeptical. 

[BikeisLife]

1 hour ago, Steady Spin said:

What an absolute ball ache of a company to deal with. 
 

Three weeks already to try and get the correct order delivered. Ordered matte, gloss was delivered. They promised to sort it out on Monday. Nothing happening.

I hope the product is better than their service. 

I want to pull the trigger on a complete kit for my Evil but now I’m super skeptical. 

Chat to your LBS. If they have an Omnico account, they can order for you. 
 

The product is good and pretty easy to apply, with some patience. I’m about to get a frame warrantied that had a kit on and I’ve just ordered a second kit for the new frame when it arrives. 

[Steady Spin]

Thanks. I see Epic Sports is one of their listed shops. 

Wont be ordering from them directly. 

What is the Omnico connection?

[Eddy Gordo]

My buddy purchased armour ride and has been asking me to assist him in fitting it to his frame.

First impressions, this does not compare to invisiframe, it is thinner (feels similar to the clear china town automotive wrap)and no instructions in the packaging a R1000 product that unacceptable.

Secondly not all the pieces were sufficiently cut out, some sheets had the excess surrounds removed, where as the one with the surrounds was a nightmare, the stuff stuck to itself, and left marks. It is fitted and while he is kinda reasonably happy, it looks like crap and we have a general feeling that it will be peeling on the edges. Co incidentally a few bike shops did not want to fit armour ride.

I have used and fitted invisiframe, Bikeshield, All Mountain guard and another south african product (which has peel/ lifted on the edges rather badly)

If you have the time and patience, order invisiframe. It is a way more firmer product, it also does not stick to itself and the sheets are labelled and comes with a squeegee Others dont despite indicating that they do.

We had to decipher the sticker sheet vs the small pictures on the box of armour ride. Invisiframe is extremely easy to fit.

All mountain guard has some nice thick honey comp protection stickers, in many colours and patterns. Also easy to fit and never had an issue of it sticking to itself.  I would say there downtube protector is the one to get as it should save your frame from rock strikes and then rest of the bike with bikeshield.

My new favourite, Bike shield, nice thick skin, fitting is super easy and if it shifts on an edge push it back and it sorts it self out. 

 

 

Edited March 10, 2022 by Eddy Gordo

[Eddy Gordo]

16 hours ago, Steady Spin said:

What an absolute ball ache of a company to deal with. 
 

Three weeks already to try and get the correct order delivered. Ordered matte, gloss was delivered. They promised to sort it out on Monday. Nothing happening.

I hope the product is better than their service. 

I want to pull the trigger on a complete kit for my Evil but now I’m super skeptical. 

Same thing with my buddy, he wanted matt and he received gloss.

Rather invest in the full kit from invisiframe

https://www.invisiframe.co.uk/frames/evil