Salt is a big concern in the winter on a trunk rack. I would put it inside if at all possible. Don't worry about loading the pedals, the bike weighs a lot less than you do.
On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 7:02 PM, Lungimsam <john11.2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Provided their are no accidents of course, will driving 2,000 miles with > the Sam on the trunk rack, hanging from the top tube, damage the bike in > any way? > > I was thinking of putting the Sam in the trunk, but the pedal/crank will > bear all the weight/vibration during the trip, being pinned to the car > floor under the weight of the bike. Not sure if 30 hours of that is ok for > the arm/bb/pedal. > > Maybe I'm just being neurotic and overthinking this. > > I know, I know, someone here will say "just ride there on the bike!" > > But the timing of when I need to leave work and get back to work and need > to get to my destination doesn't allow it. > > What has been your experience? > > -- > 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 https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
