Originally Posted by
Mout
that is a thought but I have never understood how you bring a bike in from winter hell to a carpeted apartment. towels underneath it? towel it off first? What is the procedure there? I know I need to keep the bike clean but does that mean I have to make a "garage area in my itty bitty apartment? I must say usually I just put the bike in the garage and did not worry about the slush. That is prob. horrible for my bike. advice here would be awesome! Thanks in advance.
A couple of towels will do the trick, just to keep the carpet clean. It's not the most elegant and awesome situation, but really, it beats saddling up on a bike that has been sitting in sub-zero cold for hours. Tires get hard, cable housing becomes less flexible, lubes stiffen, and any water or slush from the ride before really freezes up between cogs and on joints...imagine a cold, hard seat all up in your nuggies; not nice!