Carbon bike in bad weather

Stillweak

I heard a lot of cyclists would have a different bike for summer and winter.

Should a carbon bike not be brought out in the cold or rain?

AstraMonti

It's not about the material, carbon does not dissolve in rain. It's about getting your "good" bike dirty. Especially during the winter with the salt on the road you don't want that on your good groupset.

mickeycav

I always wondered about this good bike/bad bike phenomenon.
One q - if you were diligent about cleaning after each ride, would this not eliminate the need for 2 or more bikes?

granda

mickeycav wrote: »

I always wondered about this good bike/bad bike phenomenon.
One q - if you were diligent about cleaning after each ride, would this not eliminate the need for 2 or more bikes?

why would you want only one bike? thats just a silly remark

johnk123

I don't think it's about the carbon as such, I think it's more to do with the fact that some would rather not get the grime and slime of the winters roads on their fancy carbon bikes! More so, the groupset is probably where most are concerned about.


That said, I know many people with only one bike. Provided you clean and maintain it properly, particularly a clean after a spin in bad weather you should be fine. You should be doing that anyway!

Edit: Walked away from a half written post for a second to get a drink... need to be faster off the mark!!

Lumen

mickeycav wrote: »

if you were diligent about cleaning after each ride, would this not eliminate the need for 2 or more bikes?

AstraMonti's bike is the whitest bike in the world. It probably takes him six and and half days to clean it between each club race. If it was any whiter he'd have to marshall on alternate weeks.

07Lapierre

U need a minimum of 3 bikes.....wet, dry and intermediate!

U can never have too many bikes.

Stillweak

granda wrote: »

why would you want only one bike? thats just a silly remark

so you wouldnt have to buy or store a second one.
how many bikes fit into your dedicated cycling room?

Lumen

Stillweak wrote: »

how many bikes fit into your dedicated cycling room?

Three at the moment. I'd have more but then there would be no space for the sink, cooker, washing machine, fridge and table.

Darkglasses

Lumen wrote: »

Three at the moment. I'd have more but then there would be no space for the sink, cooker, washing machine, fridge and table.

Consider bunk beds. Gives you space for at least three more.

Beasty

07Lapierre wrote: »

U need a minimum of 3 bikes.....wet, dry and intermediate!

U can never have too many bikes.

So for me that means 3 racing bikes, 3 TT bikes and 3 track/fixie bikes

That means I'm currently 2 short - looks like another trip to Belfast is in order

RJM85

Beasty wrote: »

07Lapierre wrote: »

U need a minimum of 3 bikes.....wet, dry and intermediate!

U can never have too many bikes.

So for me that means 3 racing bikes, 3 TT bikes and 3 track/fixie bikes

That means I'm currently 2 short - looks like another trip to Belfast is in order

The minimum workable number of bikes in any persons collection is n+1 wih n being the current number of bikes owned.

Minimum.

Dipsomaniac

My maths might be a bit rusty but I thought it was m -1


From

m = d

where m = the max number of bikes

and d = divorce

DirkVoodoo

Stillweak wrote: »

Should a carbon bike not be brought out in the cold or rain?

ratracer

Stillweak wrote: »

I heard a lot of cyclists would have a different bike for summer and winter.

Should a carbon bike not be brought out in the cold or rain?

In my case its' more usually the cyclist that doesn't go out in the cold or the rain:D but then keeping the dust and cobwebs off the bikes becomes bothersome...

bcmf

Stillweak wrote: »

how many bikes fit into your dedicated cycling room?

Many people on here will view this as a challenge!

Seweryn

granda wrote: »

why would you want only one bike? thats just a silly remark

Because life is too short and you only want to ride a good bike all the time.

AlfaZen

RJM85 wrote: »

The minimum workable number of bikes in any persons collection is n+1 wih n being the current number of bikes owned.

Minimum.

And the maximum is s-1.

Where s=separation from your other half.

ashleey

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

I just looked at that picture and my good bike just fell over. You also need more than 1 bike in case 1 is undergoing repairs/ improvements and the bits haven't arrived in the post yet. I am currently campaigning for online companies to use unmarked boxes to avoid the d bit in those equations

07Lapierre

Seweryn wrote: »

Because life is too short and you only want to ride a good bike all the time.

Life's too short to limit yourself to just one bike!

macnab

I replaced my Boardman Team Carbon with a Trek Madone 5.2, and then failed to sell the Boardman........if u get my drift ;-) so now I have a wet carbon bike and a dry carbon bike. I love my life.........wife, I meant wife.