What if your bike could look like:
instead of
after a cycling tour.
Sirris Smart Coating Application Lab and Ridley have applied a commercial super-hydrophobic coating on the bike. Dirt pickup tests performed at the smart coating lab show good results. An additional field test shows strong dirt repellency with only little signs of soiling. The coating is not completely wear resistant, but reparable.
The presentation given at the Smart Coating workshop (14/01/2014) can be found on slideshare.