Originally Posted by squeakywheel
My old steel Specialized mountain bike is pretty heavy duty. I'm guessing it would take a hundred years for rust to significantly weaken it. What do you think?
I think it'd take no more than 15 to 60 winters in the midwest salt. Frames I've seen rust through:
- 1930s Schwinn "World"
- 1960s Schwinn "Racer"
- 1980s Schwinn 5sp crusier
- 1950s Western Flyer cruiser
- 1980s Mongoose MTB (one fork dropout rusted off!)
Usually I've seen stress-induced breaks at rusted joints. But you don't want those either.