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When winter biking in Pittsburgh, I found the road "salt" rapidly corroded everything it touched on the bike, except my aluminum frame. Perhaps the road salt sc
by gkop 11y ago
When winter biking in Pittsburgh, I found the road "salt" rapidly corroded everything it touched on the bike, except my aluminum frame. Perhaps the road salt screwed up your freewheel moreso than the cold.
- cfallin 11y agoPossibly, though it got better with warmer weather, so my first guess was grease viscosity. shrug I hear you on road salt though. I had to be pretty religious about oiling my chain to keep it happy and unrusted.
- mikestew 11y agoViscosity is a good guess. Whereas the grease will normally flow well enough to let the ratchet teeth settle into their spots and turn the wheel, in cold weather the lubricant can thicken enough to fill in the notches and the the teeth just slide right over the thick lubricant and don't grip anything. Meaning you freewheel both directions, similar to what you mention. Maybe if parent is tough enough to ride in Whitehorse in the winter, they're tough enough for a fixie. :-) (Whitehorse proper isn't all that hilly.)