I garage my Riv during the salt months here in Iowa. And I noticed a fair amount of new rust on the Schwinn KOM I rode last winter (only 5 or 6 times; it was a brutally cold winter). That bike is currently getting repainted after some brazing and blasting.
Now I ride my fat bike during the winter; that's its raison d'etre. Ergo, corrosion resistance factored into my purchase decision. I bought an aluminum-framed Fatboy instead of one of the steel Surly models. A fat bike is great on lousy surfaces. But it's also great for cold weather; it keeps me warm due to the extra pedal effort required. ;) Tim Gavin Cedar Rapids, IA On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 9:22 AM, Kieran J <kjo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I dunno - my Cross Check is on it's 3rd winter here in Toronto and rust > has developed on most of the parts and on some of the threaded braze-ons. I > treat the frame internally with T9 each year but you can't coat the entire > bike in rust inhibitor. > > I do agree that diligent washing and care makes a big difference, which is > aided by having good and convenient facilities at home to do so. However, > repeated freezing/thawing and application of water presents additional > issues with seals and bearings. > > I would hesitate to ride a nice bike through the winter in an area that > salts the roads heavily. It just eats bikes for breakfast. It gets to a > point where you're just better off riding a cheap beater bike and sparing > the ones you love. > > KJ > > > On Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 9:33:04 PM UTC-5, lungimsam wrote: >> >> >> >> So how have your bikes fared in the heavy salt. I have full coverage >> fenders, so maybe that would help a lot. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
