Too cold for the "good" bike?
11-29-07, 10:57 PM
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Too cold for the "good" bike?
I have a new "entry-level" road bike (Trek Pilot 1.0) and an older "hybrid"-type bike. I am not going to take the road bike out in snowy/wet conditions this winter in order to keep it clean, but I'm wondering if I should also be concerned about extreme cold increasing the wear and tear?
My goal is to stress the new bike as little as possible while it is still new. Staying off salt-covered snowy roads is a bit obvious, just unsure if the temp matters much...
Cheers,
Jason
My goal is to stress the new bike as little as possible while it is still new. Staying off salt-covered snowy roads is a bit obvious, just unsure if the temp matters much...
Cheers,
Jason
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I have a new "entry-level" road bike (Trek Pilot 1.0) and an older "hybrid"-type bike. I am not going to take the road bike out in snowy/wet conditions this winter in order to keep it clean, but I'm wondering if I should also be concerned about extreme cold increasing the wear and tear?
My goal is to stress the new bike as little as possible while it is still new. Staying off salt-covered snowy roads is a bit obvious, just unsure if the temp matters much...
Cheers,
Jason
My goal is to stress the new bike as little as possible while it is still new. Staying off salt-covered snowy roads is a bit obvious, just unsure if the temp matters much...
Cheers,
Jason
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Stuart Black
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Old School…When It Wasn’t Ancient bikepacking
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
