Bike winter prep
10-29-14 | 08:38 AM
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Bike winter prep
Like always every winter i try to prepare my bike the best i can to prevent salt from eating at my steel/alloy frame and have yet to find a good way to stop rust from happening ..even tried Plastikote which seemed to be a good idea at first but ended up worse imo ..any good tips out there ?
10-29-14 | 10:06 AM
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Car wax?
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10-29-14 | 10:51 AM
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I have been waxing my bikes every other months thru the years and gives it a certain protection against grime , bugs (60km/h downhill) but have yet to protect the oxidation from getting under the paint ..i know some are using a type of product to protect the inside tubes now i forget the name but i was wondering if anything else is available for paint protection besides wax/grease !?!
10-29-14 | 10:57 AM
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Probably washes away but WD-40 works for my bare frames until I paint them:
This has been "bare" for 6 months, granted it was ridden in the rain but it was subjected to high humidity during the summer months. Only applied WD-40 twice. My Tandem is in the same state and is used more often:
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108_PaTrek by superissimo_83, on Flickr[/IMG]
This has been "bare" for 6 months, granted it was ridden in the rain but it was subjected to high humidity during the summer months. Only applied WD-40 twice. My Tandem is in the same state and is used more often:
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108_PaTrek by superissimo_83, on Flickr[/IMG]
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