On salt and corrosion: this is a topic commonly discussed here. Some ideas on how to better deal with this:
- Store the bike inside
- Regularly spray it down (after each ride to once a week). No hose for that? Use a $15 hand pump garden sprayer
- Replace steel parts with stainless steel or aluminum parts, as much as feasible.
- Fenders AND mudflaps. Particularly long ones on the front to avoid spray against the bottom bracket. I cut out a section of an old tire to be used as long mudflap. Use a metal brace to keep it 'open'/wide.
- There are chains with a corrosion protective coating. I'm running one of them without issues, but I'm unsure if the chain can be attributed to that.
- Lube... really thick stuff will attract lots of gunk... I personally use very thin stuff and lube often (prolink). But will try wax based lines next when current bottle is empty.
Last edited by alias5000; 11-11-18 at 08:01 AM.
Reason: corrected all those android auto-correct mistakes. grrr