Effects of driving in the rain?
07-09-06 | 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by dannyq
What, if any, are the bad effects of driving your bike in the rain? I'm talking other the normal rust on chain.
If you ride in the rain without full fenders, however, you are also likely to do nasty stuff to your headset, brakes, derailers and other moving parts.
The rain falling out of the sky is reasonably clean and relatively harmless.
The spray kicked up by your wheels, however, is contaminated with gasoline residue and all kinds of nasty grit. It really does a job on the moving parts. The gasoline residue wrecks the grease, and the grit wrecks the bearings. Also, in intermittent rain, the spray continues to drench your bike's delicate parts even between cloudbursts.
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07-10-06 | 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by UmneyDurak
How can you drive a bike? 
AHAHA I knew somebody was going to say that, i've only been riding for a year or so now.... still call it driving the bike.
07-16-06 | 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by UmneyDurak
How can you drive a bike?
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07-16-06 | 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by UmneyDurak
How can you drive a bike?
To the OP, wiping your bike down after a ride in the rain should keep most bolts and the chain from rusting. If you ride in a heavy rain then the tires and frame can fill with water.
