I have a surly LHT that I commute year round. I am on year 6 of using it. I figure ride a bike you like, even in winter, just wipe off when it is nasty. So far no negative consequences from the use. I figure a new bike even being ridden in the winter should last many years. I used to work at a bike shop and never saw a frame that rusted from inside out from winter use. Plus in the event it was unrideable after what I would guess quite a few winters, you would probably have reach the point of wanting a new bike anyways.
On Monday, July 20, 2015 at 9:08:36 PM UTC-4, murphyjrfk wrote: > > I didn't want to hijack a thread so I figured I would start another. > > I bought one of the last Sage Sams. Hot damn I'm glad I did. I've ridden > lots of bikes and have access to lots of cool bikes but man this one is > special. Of all the Riv's I've ridden and I've seen this is just by far my > favorite. It's so perfectly--well I don't know--neutral. I have ridden it > every day and lots o miles in the past month. Only bike I have ridden. > It's a super typical nothing special build. Velocity Synergy (which I > hate-anything better?) Deore LX hubs rear der blah blah. The 9 speed > Microshift Thumbies are the best and I really like the Surly Knard tires as > jack of all trade type. Actually I really love them they are nothing > special but good at lots o things and not crazy expensive. > > But alas--do you ride it through the winter? Not California winters. More > like nasty rust belt Cleveland winters with salt and brine and crap > everywhere and tons o snow. I normally just ride a different beater every > winter and junk it--but man I don't want to stop riding the Sam. I ride a > lot in the winter too so I'm usually thinking about it. I really don't care > about scratches paint chips bits o rust--can always repaint it I guess. > Just curious how you handle the really bad stuff--but not give up that > Magic Riv Ride. > > Attached is a picture. I stink and pictures and computer stuff so I hope > it shows up. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
