FWIW…earlier this year (May) I purchased a used steel road bike to leave at our vacation house in Ft. Lauderdale. I hang the bike from an overhead hook in the garage. When I finally made it back November, the bike was no worse for the NON-wear. I.e. the rust monster didn’t attack it. The chain was fine, bearings were all fine, and other than a bit of dust on the frame, and spiderwebs…there were no problems.

Dan