Originally Posted by
wolfchild
Here we have something a lot worse than rain and it's called road salt and it can be very corrosive.. During some bad winters my bikes are getting " salt spray baths " for days on end...On dry winter days the air sometimes has a salty taste, when the wind blows around all the dried out salt that's on the roads.
Yes, what wolfchild said - SALT. That is my concern. I have included a couple photos of my commuter for reference. While my fat bike doesn't see much road use, it does get attched to the bike rack and gets covered in all of the stuff that my vehicles tires kick up.
