If you ride your bike outdoors in the winter when the roads have been gritted and don't wash the salty crap off, the bike can pay the price pretty quickly...Could that be the basis of a warranty claim? Surely the manufacturer knows that people sweat when exerting themselves and the equipment should be capable of withstanding the long term effects of this.
Just a thought from someone who does not use such things but expects stuff that you buy to be fit for purpose.
Admittedly, in my case, the turbo trainer frame that rusted was painted so it should have been able to take a dousing in sweat. I had accidentally scratched the paintwork and that allowed the rust to start in the scratched areas.I had it happen in less than one day after I went out for a quick Christmas morning ride a few years back. I was under strict instructions to be back in time for Christmas dinner so I rushed home, and put my bike away still covered in salty grit because I didn't have time to clean it. I took the bike out into my back yard first thing on Boxing Day and discovered that the chain had rusted solid overnight!
If you use your car (Assuming you countenance such things) in winter do you wash it every time you use it to stop it turning into a pile of rust flakes overnight? The tedious business of going to work gets in the way, plus dark nights, and the general business of life. Yet somehow they are designed to last ten years or more. Commuter cyclists might have something to add to this, how ever do their bikes manage to survive? Even the odd scratch on a car is sufficiently undercoated to prevent rampant rust breaking out. There may be a cost difference but the principle is the same, particularly on a trainer that never goes outside.If you ride your bike outdoors in the winter when the roads have been gritted and don't wash the salty crap off, the bike can pay the price pretty quickly...
Admittedly, in my case, the turbo trainer frame that rusted was painted so it should have been able to take a dousing in sweat. I had accidentally scratched the paintwork and that allowed the rust to start in the scratched areas.
I do NOT countenance such things!If you use your car (Assuming you countenance such things) in winter do you wash it every time you use it to stop it turning into a pile of rust flakes overnight?
Modern cars...modern consumer durables...the expectation is that they should be...durable. And this is in an age when so many things are allegedly disposable. Not like several decades ago when durability was apparently an optional extra. Perhaps the good old days weren't actually that good!I do NOT countenance such things!
Modern cars are obviously a lot better than cars were a few decades ago. Cars back then actually DID turn into piles of rust flakes over just a few winters unless extra steps were taken to prevent it happening. My dad used to spray something inside all of the panels of his cars... 'Waxoil'*** (?), or something like that.
*** Ah - WAXOYL - that might be good for Wahoo Core Leg Rust treatment/prevention too?
They weren't!Perhaps the good old days weren't actually that good!
What's best thing to treat and respray rust on my wahoo core legs?