I'm riding my Hilsen for the third winter here in CT, and one KC winter before that. I love the ride of this bike and that's why I bought it, so why ride anything else? I sweat profusely and honestly think that is harder on the bike than winter. I tend to "use up" everything I own (including body parts, as my artificial knees and many other scars proves) so I just figure if riding in winter makes the bike last 22 instead of 25 years I'll have to get a new one a little sooner. Grant's method of bike maintenance in Just Ride was something like "once a year I knock off the big chunks of grime" was music to my ears! I clean my bike more frequently than that but I always feel like it's time I could have been riding. So, yeah, I go out on salted roads without a thought. But watch out for the icy patches!
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