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One of the 'Powered by Google' boxes at the bottom had a picture of my pick-up truck, on my drive - FROM 5 FRIKKIN YEARS AGO, the other day from a post when I'd asked about VAT on selling commercial vehicles. I've no idea why it was there
Ha ha,
Much weirdness there!
I keep mine in a vat of formaldehyde. You can use Vaseline if you can't get hold of 500 gallons of formaldehyde.
You bought an expensive bike and you're going to let it decay for half of it's life instead if getting the benefit of all that suspension. It will be devaluing and at the same time your handling skills (riding at speed, line choice and so on relating to the fs) will fade. Your new way of thinking really is highly flawed. The concept of a winter bike to preserve the good bike is a STW fantasy, a phrase that's thrown around by certain types as part of their ongoing campaign of oneupmanship.
Why not use it now and then instead of telling yourself it's being retired for "the season"?
Or box it and put it in the house.
No FS winter bike lay up for me
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My F/S is my do it all bike and used all year round, in the winter when its really muddy after a ride I leave it for a few hours then brush of the heavy mud and dry the chain and re-lube and clean and silicone the stanctions or maybe clean the brakes if it was really bad.
Last winter i was forever blitzing the bike after every ride and I found it knackered most of the bearing which ended up being very costly !!
So now minimum cleaning but cleaning the drive chain is a must
From Santa Cruz...
Q: I'm lazy and lack motivation, what can I do to prolong bearing life?A: Stop washing your bike so much. We did some experiments with bikes that were washed a lot but ridden infrequently, bikes that were ridden a lot but washed infrequently, and bikes that were both washed and ridden a lot. Guess what? Your bike hates only being washed and not being ridden. This test group had the worst results. They became creaky and not much fun to be around, much like the people who own bikes like that. Don't get all angry (you know who you are), you can still wash your bike from time to time - and there are those times where it has to be done after every ride. Everything needs more attention during those times. BUT, maybe you should examine your priorities. It's a mountain bike. You can get dirt on it. It's OK.
http://www.santacruzbicycles.com/en/ch/news/347
That'll be Santa Cruz. In california.
Hmmmmmm.
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Nope, pretty much applies in Scotland too - unless your idea of washing is using a toothbrush and then putting your bike into a heated room.
FWIW Just put new XT 1-11 on my FS, riding it tomorrow in the slop 🙂