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Old 12-02-06, 09:18 AM
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I think what you mean is storage for the whole winter ? It not the answer is different.

If that's true you want the bikes in a place where the temperature does not change a lot. I would guess that is the basement. For example if it has been 20 for a while and everything in the garage is 20f including the bike, if it gets to 50f and you open the garage door there will be so much condensation on the bikes you can see it. The entire thing will be wet. It's the condensation and the temperature change more than the temperature alone. Even when you don't notice it there will be a small amount. This is how bikes stored in a dry shed can end up with rust on things in the spring. Just like single pane windows in winter, they get soaked.
Also concrete is porus, water comes up through concrete just like a dirt floor. Don't put plastic over the bikes on a concrete garage floor they will get wet from the top down. As the water collects on the inside top of the plastic. You need plastic underneath on the floor to cover the bikes.
Find a solid thing made of something dense, a steel vice or something like that. Leave it out side all night so it will be 20f. Then bring it in the house and just put it down and watch the water pour off it.
This is why, if you are riding the bike, don't bring it in the house for 15 minutes to get soaked and then go out for a ride and get ice in the cables. If you are riding it, keep it out in the cold unless you can bring it in overnight to be totally dry before you go back out.
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