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Modelo 3D MTB fork lower leg scratch protector por Greg no Printables

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The Story:
Have you ever faced with a nasty wear on your bike after transporting it with a bicycle rack?
The small movements of the bikes on the rack could literally carve huge scratches or small holes into the metal frame or into the forks at the contact points. I wanted to stop that. First I created a protector from a piece of an old tire a bit of foam and some velcro tape. It was good but still not easy to attach and detach. Then my printer kit had arrived this summer so the idea was born I need to print this from TPU. 

The printed model:
Created for MTB forks with ~40mm outer diameter on the lower leg.
Three holes on the strap for adjustment.
Used filament: ~21g
Print time: ~2h50m

Printer settings (in PrusaSlicer):
Layer height: 0.20 BALANCED
Perimeters: 4
Top/bottom layers: 3/3
Brim: 5mm
Support: 
   Auto
   Everywhere
   Force support for the first 15 layers. (because of print orientation. See in the guideline)
   Perimeter around the support is checked
   XY separation between the support and the model 85%. (It was almost perfect for the holes on the strap)
Speed: I decreased every “print speed” related setting where it was above 110mm/s to 110mm/s (as this was the max recommended for this material on the manufacturer page. For support I used 100mm/s.

Nozzle diameter: 0.4mm

Filament  settings: (This is very specific but I still write down for those who use this material)
Ultrafuse TPU-95A
First layer temp 230C, other: 227C
Cooling: Always on, everything is on default except this: I disabled the cooling for the first 10 layers.

Printing guideline:
I oriented the model upside down to standing on it's top edge. (The strap is closer to the bed)
TPU as far as I know has no problem with sticking to the bed but the contact point is very weak here! So this is why I increased the number of support layers on the bottom. I used the textured sheet.

Confession:
I'm still not an expert to work with this filament and I still have some under extrusion issue (delamination which could caused by too much speed, lower nozzle temp or else) but I can tell you honestly, this model is working. It was a success at first try however I had read and learnt a lot about TPU and printing TPU before the print. The result fits nicely and tightly.
 

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MTB fork lower leg scratch protector

Publicado em 24 de out de 2025

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Bicycle fork lower leg scratch protector.stl 2.7 MB
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