The new normal?
Does a blemish make a thing, your thing.
A post by Jack Yan about a car repair his Dad did becoming 'the new normal', reminded me of this:
Back in July 2025 my (then) newish bike acquired a slight blemish on a ride from Raglan.
While I took a photo—above—it was picked up by a wind gust and slid/rolled around the big wooden post it was leaning against (without falling) neatly ‘rubbing’ the topcoat off a small part of the top tube.
It didn’t really cause any damage, just exposed a small patch of white primer and revealed how thin the topcoat paint really is. No tube damage, no exposed carbon.
Thing is, I have had touch-up paint to repair it for about a year, but that mark makes ‘a Trek SL-5’, my Trek SL-5.
I'm not sure if I want to repair it, will the repair become my new normal?
