Originally Posted by
RiverHills
Actually, there has been no HINT given. Everyone has responsed to my question of time by citing how many miles they got out of their steel bolts. Mileage has nothing to do with it. I could build a bike and leave it sit i my garage and never ride it one time and it will be just as susceptible to galvanic reaction (minus the salty sweat drops).
Mileage is irrelevent. If you put 30,000 miles on your bike in 2 years, yeah I would expect the chainrings to wear out before galavanic corrosion set in.
If you put 1000 miles a year on your bike and want to be in good condition 20 years from now, totally different situation.
What, did you just finish an Intro To Chemistry class or something? In the real world, this is NOT a problem. Chalk it up to anodized parts, chalk it up to fewer salt drops than you think, but your supposed problem simply does not exist.
God knows what will happen when you find out about all the other places steel bolts are used on aluminum throughout your bicycle.