Quote Originally Posted by Catrin View Post
Somehow one of the chainstays on my LHT appears to have been scratched. It is white though, which doesn't make much sense as I am sure they didn't paint the steel white before painting it blue! However it feels like a scratch in the paint. There are several of them, in a line. I've been so careful with this bike that I can't imagine how it happened, though I did leave it locked on my car this afternoon at my health club while at one of my regular training appointments before riding.

Is there something that I can do that will protect the paint/metal assuming that it is a scratch? For some reason I am thinking of clear fingernail polish...I would have to buy some but that would be a small price to pay if it would be protective.
Clear fingernail polish will work well. I think most of us with steel bikes have used it at one time or another (ahem - like when my DH chipped the paint on my 520 when it was NEW while putting fenders on it).

Is it on the drive (chain) side? Could be that the chain rubbed while it was being assembled. You can get various "guards" for that side. Some like them, some don't. Some of the guards are sticker-like, and some are fabric wraps. Something to think about - particularly if you're just learning to shift a triple...