If you lay up your fs for the Winter, how do you store to prevent deterioration?

But, with the addition of hot and cold water taps outside. Not for the bike though, to hose myself down before entering the house.
MrsMoosehead doesn’t like trails of peaty mud through the house to the bathroom.

Is no-one else wondering if Mrmoosehead strips bollock naked in his back garden for this, pulp fiction style?

Far more likely to ride mine in winter than summer. MTFU!

As the OP may i step back into the thread?
🙂

First, as always, thanks to all the people actually offering advice concerning the title line of this post. Always appreciated and is one of the many reasons I love this forum.

For those that comment in a thread for no other reason than to try and prove their opinion is more valid than mine… Seriously guys?!

Have you EVER managed to change someone’s personal opinion on here or any other forum by using simple sarcasm or just protesting the “fact” you are right and someone else is wrong?

Fist rule of forums is if you don’t like the subject of a thread, just move on with your life and click another thread instead.
If not you end up becoming a Mary Whitehouse of the net….. Reading a thread just so you can express your outrage at it rather than just going and reading something else instead. 😉

Don’t want to end this post on a negative though.

This forum is an amazing resource. People have gone well beyond the call of duty to help myself and others on here.

How many times did this forum come up when you Google a bike techy question? Lots in my experience and that days a lot about stw.

Thanks once again for the tips… and to those that just typed to say my opinion is wrong and theirs is right? That’s fine too. 🙂

Happy riding on whatever bike you use over Winter!

Life’s just too short isn’t it?

In my opinion… 😉

P.S. I love bold text, always makes my opinion seem more valid. 😀

How many times did this forum come up when you Google a bike techy question? Lots in my experience and that days a lot about stw.

It says more about what Google know about your browsing habits…

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How many times did this forum come up when you Google a bike techy question? Lots in my experience and that days a lot about stw.

It says more about what Google know about your browsing habits…

I thought that till I used my lads tablet (who doesnt use forums, full stop) a few weeks ago as mine was flat. STW still came up surprisingly often.

Must agree though, Google search is getting almost too clever these days. Still, handy in a Big Brother way I suppose.

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

proper muddy

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.

That’ll be Santa Cruz. In california.

Hmmmmmm.

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 🙂