We’ve all been there. You park your bike up against a wall, turn around and…. boom! It falls to the ground.

That’s how we managed to put most the scratches on our bicycles at least. But if we’d listened to the advice of Chris in this week’s Ask A Mechanic feature, we might have kept the paint job on our bikes in better shape. The secret? Helicopter tape.

Never heard of it? Read on to find out more about protecting your bicycle frame from chips and scratches. And don’t forget to get in touch to submit a question of your own to Ask A Mechanic.