Upto now this 'Winter' has...

[lay]

Destroyed a BB, compelled myself to regrease the hubs AND clean the bike god knows how many times and change chainsets due to the 'worn' BB

Moral of story:

WATER sucks*: BIGTIME !

*especially in freezing downpours

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Just wait til you ride through a proper winter and see what happens then!

 

[cosmicbike]

So far the wet has only dampened and destroyed the BB on my hybrid. Tools arrived today to strip down tonight. Otherwise it's been mild, if a little wet Mind you, I'm only social cycling ATM, and managed a mere 175 miles in January.

 

[DWiggy]

Ive had to replace, wheels, cassette, chain, headset, cables....its costing a bomb im seriously considering a turbo trainer but love the outdoors too much!

A quick tip for the headset, ive been using a Lizardskin headset cover, needs a little stretch to get around mine but its stopped all the crud and water getting to it.

 

[Hacienda71]

I replaced a GXP bottom bracket but it had done over 12000 miles so was probably due anyway, and I had a wheel bearing go but that had done about 7000 miles and the reviews said they were made of cheese so I can't grumble too much.
I found previous winters far worse on the drivetrain when the roads had been gritted, the combination of salt and water after frosts is a nightmare.

 

[Globalti]

Tip: lanolin makes a good waterproofer for cable ends etc.

 

[screenman]

I thought water only got into those parts when you used a jet washer

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

Just wait til you ride through a proper winter and see what happens then!

Amen to that brother.

 

[Venod]

Upto now this 'Winter' has...

Been far too windy for my liking.

 

[lay]

I thought water only got into those parts when you used a jet washer

I've had 2 downpours of biblical proportions...maybe thats and a crap design of a gxp bb havw done me

 

[cyberknight]

Upto now this 'Winter' has...
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Had me off work and off the bike most of the week with a viral infection, could not even eat half a meal.

 

[screenman]

We have been lucky up here, that is all I am saying.

 

[totallyfixed]

Has it been raining?

 

[Globalti]

We have a brook running underneath our house and so far..... touch wood.... we've only heard the tumbling boulders in the stream bed once, which happens when it gets really high. Lancashire, by the way.