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fatpurplepanda
12/11/2017 8:24am
12/11/2017 8:24am
Seeing as I live in Minnesota and it tends to enjoy to be cold, snowy, and all around the opposite of perfect riding conditions, my riding is limited to indoors for half the year. I cringe seeing my poor bike covered in all the salt and slush from the road. After riding I stop off at the local self service car wash to get everything off the best I can, but I still can't help but think it's going back to the garage with salt and everything else in places it shouldn't be.
Anyone that lives in the tundra have any winter hauling tips?
Anyone that lives in the tundra have any winter hauling tips?
A big tarp is the most economical.
The Shop
That being said i do more bearing maintenence in the winter. Just for salt reasons.
If you must, put it in your bed with a tarp. Or haul a trailer on icy roads..
1. cheap bike cover from cycle gear - use bungies to hold the cover onto the bike- at a base level keeps some of the crap off.
2. After bike is all cleaned up - Old dude taught me to take a quart water and add some oil, mix it up a little with a scrub brush, Brush it on the engine and metal parts you want to protect. The thin film of oil will protect the bike from rust and even help keep mud from sticking on that next ride.
Raised in the winter salt hell of Michigan. Now in environmentally friendly Oregon, were they use sodium chloride ( like one molecule off from salt), still eats metal. I cringe when I am driving down the road thru that stuff with my bike in the back.
I sure as hell miss my old van with a couch in the back and matching rocking chair for the front passenger.
Used 5X8 $700-$800
New 5X8 $1100-$1200
Pit Row
As far as the van goes- I wish ! The boss man already complains about how much I spend racing ?
I hauled a brand new yz250f back and forth to the indoor track a couple times one winter... That's how I ended up sanding out my frame to get rid of the corrosion... And then the February boredom kicked in and I ended up wet sanding to 3000 grit and a bunch of jewelers rouge on a dremel buffing bit... Looked amazing when done.
https://northernwi.craigslist.org/tro/d/5x8-enclosed/6421622233.html
dude for a grand this one looks sweet, I want it
https://ames.craigslist.org/tro/d/beautiful-black-trailer/6419466865.ht…
Also, you will be the guy who has the trailer people want to borrow. Then they sometimes leave you some beer for letting them use it.
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