Old 09-02-07, 05:42 AM
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Let me add one other thing. I'm mostly a roadie and mostly a summer commuter. One winter when I still lived in upstate New York I commuted through the winter on my cross bike. The salt on the roads did a pretty good number on every bit of steel on the bike.

Today my road bike is a Trek Madone. My mountain bike/commuter is a Cannondale F500 set up for commuting (rack, slicks, etc). The Cannondale is the sacrifice to the sodium chloride gods. The Trek stays cozy in the garage through the winter.

At any rate, mother nature is going to take an extra toll on your bike during the winter. Plan accordingly no matter what bike you ride.

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