All my bkes cheap or expensive are my toys. Its hard to consider them disposible. If I need to keep on top of the rust so be it. The front fork is a cheap 1inch travel 'chromed' vetsion and prone to rust. Luckily it scubs off prstty easily. Rustu drive trsins however are indicitive of poor maintance in my mind and drive me nuts. I think though this bike gets ridden in the rain, snow and all other conditions everyday and gets parked outside so a little rust may be unavoidable.