Winter Cycling - Spoke/nipple/rim corrosion

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JeanCoutu

10-21-08, 04:01 PM

I'd like a set of wheels that will still be trueable without continuously maintaining them during winter.
If this is possible, what kinda materials should spoke/nipples be made of, or would SS eyelets on the rim help?

AEO

10-21-08, 04:40 PM

stainless steel spokes and nickel plated brass nipples are relatively corrosion free.

ghettocruiser

10-21-08, 09:24 PM

I'll add that the rim/spoke-nipple interface is the only place on my bike (other than the chain) where I've ever seen any corrosion.

No idea why.

AEO

10-21-08, 09:40 PM

probably because they don't have a protective coating like paint or oil and are closer to the ground.

ghettocruiser

10-22-08, 09:52 AM

There is very little paint or oil anywhere on my bike :D

I was going to try to pin the blame on some kind of salt-brass-AL reaction, but I'd be totally making it up.