Here in the urban winter setting I have to pay attention when it gets to or less 15° because road slush and slop melted by sodium or mag chloride can be convinced to freeze by the agitation of being splashed or sprayed, slinging away enough of the liquid held to that state by the treatments, leaving the lofted lower ion-containing slush ready to affix anywhere it lands. You can have some odd accumulations when you get home.
I clear fenders, forming stalactites on the DT cables and BB guide and also knock any of the accumulated stuff out of the cassette gaps so it doesn't freeze. My right foot and shin usually keep that in check unless things are nasty. Otherwise my fenders keep me very well protected and just keep my chain lubed and watch all of my fasteners. I use whatever chain oil I'm using and slather a drop all the heads to get a coating to protect from the effects of moisture and those salts. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Friday, February 13, 2015 at 8:10:15 PM UTC-6, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > I generally leave my bike cleaning to the rain, same as we’ve always done > for our cars. But snow melting in the garage after accumulating on the > drivetrain makes it rusty. Should I just keep a steel brush out there to > clean it off after? > > With abandon, > Patrick > > *www.MindYourHeadCoop.org <http://www.MindYourHeadCoop.org>* > *www.OurHolyConception.org <http://www.OurHolyConception.org>* > > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
