Salt water is one of the most corrosive things in nature. I've seen "beach bikes" that people casually ride along the sand at low tide (thinking "it's dry, it's OK"), then park outside the house at the beach. EVERYTHING corrodes - steel, aluminum, SS. Even plastics don't look so good.
It's a lot of work but it's also a nice bike - tear it down, flush & spray everything with Boeshield, WD-40, something to displace the water & protect the metal, internally & externally. Keep a close eye on things for the next several weeks & get right on top of any corrosion you see on the alloy parts especially but anywhere else also. Sorry to sound like an alarmist on this but...been there, not fun at all. Doug "surf adjacent" P -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ray Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 6:33 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Salt Water on a Steel Riv So, I got caught by the super high tide Saturday on my way home from a Marin County ride. The path across the Mill Valley salt marsh was flooded with about 4 inches of bay water at extreme, full moon driven high tide. I rode through it as slow as possible, but still got the lower half of my canti-Rom covered with salt water. Nearly as soon as I got by the marsh, the skies opened up with a real drencher, and I rode the rest of the way home in a medium rain sprinkled with intermittent hail. Great day for a ride! Anyway, I washed the bike with soap and water, rinsed it well, and re- oiled the chain and moving pieces. I have heard that I would also be wise to drop place a drop of oil on each spoke nipple. Does anyone think that's something I should do? Any other comments, suggestions? thanks, all. Ray --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
