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After some slushy / muddy riding on 26-Nov my bike needed to be washed. As today was the first sunny day I’d been home, I decided to wash it off, 20°F (-6.66°C) weather be damned. Having a straight hot water line from the house kept the job from being too cold, and I was able to keep ice from forming on the bike. Now the bike is mostly dried off and sitting behind me in my office drying the rest of the way.
The lockout on the fork seems to be broken, so I’m going to try and take it into the shop this week and see about having it fixed. I purchased the bike just after Christmas last year, so hopefully it’s still under warranty.
I think I need to look into some clip-on mountain bike type fenders for future poor weather riding. Here is another photo, this one of the down tube, BB, crank, etc area. That night was really muddy for this area.
I’d recommend getting clip on fenders like these http://www.rei.com/product/768147 , so you can easily remove them when it is nice outside.
Dubi: I’ve actually been thinking about getting some, but I’ll probably get solid plastic ones instead. Unfortunately, it’s been a bit too cold and slushy to ride lately. Good thinking, though. I’ll try and go by REI tomorrow and find some snap / clip on ones so that I’m ready when the typical Michigan warm spell does hit in a few days/weeks.