How To Winter-Proof Your Road Bike
Winter can be tough on your bike. You can protect it from the worst of the elements though, so here’s our guide to winter-proofing your road bike.
Subscribe to GCN: http://gcn.eu/SubscribeToGCNIf you’re not careful, winter can take its toll on your pride and joy. While some cyclists choose to have a winter specific bike to protect their summer bike, this isn’t an option for all of us. What is an option, however, is making sure that your bike is protected as well as possible going in to winter. Combine that with regular cleaning and maintenance and you’ll find that your bike will run smoothly, with no extra damage and that you’ll be ready to go when summer comes around again.
Do you use one bike all year or have a winter bike?
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about and perhaps appear on screen in their videos……its exactly this
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Whatever happened to having a crappy winter nail with full guards and not a
single piece of carbon fibre in sight? That way you only need to clean it
once a month!
Forgot, riding in fog.Need tips. January in Bangladesh is basically white
mornings.
Can I use car wax? Also what will happen to dry lube in the wet?
what rear light is si using?
I am spending the winter in Hawaii! HAHAHA!!! Have fun freezing to death!
Ultimate Winter bike? Buy a fixed gear,add some hoods with a back and front
brake, thick, wide tires,Good ratio for those hills. Not much to worrie
about after that
buy a cheap CX bike for winter
For those of us lucky enough to live in Southern California, all we have to
do is dig our arm warmers out of the bottom the the sock drawer.
plz do a video about the rain kit you wear
winter proofing your bike in two easy steps,
1.) safely store your bike inside
2.) use Tom Lasts bike for the winter
you look like young stephan hawking from the theorie of everythinig
The smell of Muc-Off Products makes me hungry….. Maybe Muc-Off should get
into the cycling food market, here comes such classics as, Muc-off BioGel
and Muc-Off BioBars, Heck lets just go all the way and have Muc-Off Sports
Drink in Biodegradable Bottles that tastes like De-Greaser but smells like
Strawberry Shortcake…….. Do you think they will Hire me?
Mudguards are really necessary, if you are riding with a group in winter.
At least in very wet conditions.
In my club you are not allowed to participate on group rides without them.
do arse savers work with selle smp saddles?
Fenders!!! Oh dear
haha winter in Bloemfonein South Africa is about as dry as Dan’s sense of
humor 😉 thanks for the tips Si but no need for them here.. more likely to
use them in summer when the light sprinkles come on.
Not impressed by all the adverts. It felt really fake. What i have always
liked About gcn is what felt like genuine advice from3+ blokes who “knew”
what they were doing. This made my skin crawl.