Originally Posted by
friday1970
Here's a good question. How does aluminum frames hold up against areas close to salt water? I plan to ship a bike to Okinawa, as something to use when I visit my in-laws. I'm assuming for the hot, salty air there, aluminum would be the most preferred material. Am I wrong in thinking this? Steel would rust, and I don't know how well carbon fiber would do in humid heat like what we have there. .
Don’t know about the frame, but water and my caustic sweat caused the aluminum headset spacers to fuse with the steel steerer tube of my carbon fork. They had to be cut with a Dremel tool then pried off.