Originally Posted by
archicarla
Answer - we probably did not do this... do you think it is still worthwhile at this point, after a week out of the water?
We have sealed bearings on both bikes. the shop inspected and made a minor repair to one of them from the sounds of things, but said they were otherwise fine. We took out the headsets and cleaned / dried them out ourselves.
It cost us $200 CAD in shop fees which was basically their full tune-up charge. They said everything was looking good! I'm sure we'll see early degradation of a few things, but time will tell.
Hmm. If your bottom brackets and headsets are now back in the bikes, it’ll be a bit more of a hassle to rinse out the insides of the frames. And I would be most worried about corrosion in the bottom bracket, headset, and wheel hubs – which you’ve already taken care of. So this one is a tossup. Others might have better opinions though.