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02-09-2019, 03:45 PM
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All my other bikes, including the one I rode almost every day, even on the rare occasion it rained, I bought in 84 and it has no rust or corrosion whatsoever inside or outside. Dry climate means no rust, so I don't think you need to rust treat your bike unless you need the extra piece of mind then it's worth it but otherwise it's not worth it. Now I did put just a little automotive grease on the inside of the seat tube and on the seat post to keep wate from going down the seat post into the frame, andI put a Lizard Skin headset seal to keep water out of the fork, but those are the only precautions I took, but I doubt doing that was necessary, but it was for my peace of mind. 
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02-09-2019, 04:14 PM
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This is a pretty interesting test of rust-inhibitors:
https://forums.mtbr.com/fat-bikes/an...t-1073581.html I'll have to give Fluid Film a try. Personally, I've treated all my steel bikes with either Frame Saver or LPS. After every ride, I'll at least wipe down the top tube. If I happen to get caught in the rain, I'll pull out the seatpost. Every now and then, I'll wipe the entire bike down with Pledge.
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02-09-2019, 04:19 PM
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The bike I bought in 1984 that I still have I trained and raced on that bike for 10 years and rode it another 19 years after that, it was my main bike all those years, it has about 160,000 miles on it, I could jump on that bike today and ride it. I have other older bikes too; but now my main bike is a 2013 Lynskey Peloton that I bought in 2013, I will ride this till I get too old to ride. If I keep riding the Lynskey for the next 23 years I'll be 88 years old! Maybe that won't be too old! LOL!! so maybe then I will buy another bike, but the Lynskey won't have 160,000 miles on by then because I'm not doing 12,000 to 15,000 miles a year like I was when I was racing with the 84 bike, so I could feasibly be riding the Lynskey for more years past my 88th birthday. I do the same thing with my cars too, I buy them about 5 to 7 years old with low mileage, and drive them till it cost to much to keep repairing it then I fix it up one last time and give it to someone and buy another for myself. So my cars when I stop driving them might have around 200,000 miles on the odo. I'm the type of person that takes care of my stuff and will use them till I deem it ready to be let go. I know most people only keep their cars 5 to 7 years max, I don't do that.
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02-09-2019, 04:38 PM
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02-09-2019, 04:39 PM
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Also Pledge is NOT a good choice to be using on a bicycle, Pledge was never meant to be used outdoors in all sorts of weather on metal and last. The best stuff to use is a non abrasive automotive wax, meaning it can't be a cleaner, it can't say it will remove swirls or fine scratches, it must say non-abrasive because bike paint is very thin compared to cars, Pledge is non abrasive and that's the only thing it has going for it. The best wax to use, though this is subjective but it's difficult to beat these two, is Meguiar's Ultimate Liquid wax for darker colors, or Meguiar's NXT Tech Wax 2.0 for lighter colors. There are some better waxes but they cost a fortune and some will have several steps to use, and they don't really do that much better then Meguiar's but they will drain your pocket book!
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02-09-2019, 04:43 PM
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02-09-2019, 09:12 PM
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What’s the reasoning behind the 2 different waxes for different colors? I’ve used both on light and dark color cars and never noticed a difference. Are these car waxes better than stuff like Pedro’s bike lust?
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02-09-2019, 10:16 PM
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Pedro's is expensive when you consider how small the bottle is vs what the size of bottle is for car wax; plus Pedros is a lower end silicone wax which they probably simply use a low grade car wax and charge a lot more for it. Once you washed your bike really well with Dawn for Dishes non citrus then you wax the bike, after that whenever you need to wash the bike use Meguiar's Gold Class car wash, this wash won't strip off the wax like Dawn will, but use Dawn initially to get all the oil off the frame that Meguiars won't be able to do. First time you wax your bike you should put two coats on, and you only need to re wax once a year and should only need to put on one coat. By the way Dawn for dishes works great for cleaning the chain and gears, simply use a damp sponge add a small amount of Dawn and go at it, a lot cheaper then buying some sort of bike specific chain/gear cleaner and works just as well if not better! then use a fine spray for rinsing. Cars need waxing more often than bikes due they get dirtier more than a bike will, plus they are exposed to the sun more.
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