Comments on: Surly Long Haul Trucker Showing Some Rust at 500 miles

By: Storage Tanks

Storage Tanks — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:59:11 +0000

Interesting indeed. In my opinion you need to make sure you pick the correct steel in the accessory. It would really make a difference. Cheers

By: matt

matt — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:54:32 +0000

I think you should buy a 55-gallon drum of rust inhibitor and dip your entire bike. If it good enough for Boeing Aviation, it's good enough for your Surly Long Haul Trucker.Cheers, Matt

By: Ken Steinhoff

Ken Steinhoff — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:56:36 +0000

Horace,

Wow. Those are ugly pictures.

Wayne at my LBS looked at my Trek once and observed that my spokes were rusting. He said that anyone who rides near the beach, even if they don’t actually go near the water will get rust.

I tried to be more religious about wiping the bike down after that. I still managed to pit my bars.

By: horace

horace — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:20:31 +0000

Boeshield maybe? Salt air wreaks havoc on bikes, even non-ferrous ones. My dad had an old carbon fiber bike that he rode by the beach several times a week. Eventually I convinced him to replace it. Photos of that unfortunate bike here: http://www.pbase.com/hjew/steelrusts

By: Mark S

Mark S — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:23:18 +0000

I was going to say, “You are surprised about rust? You live in a saltwater environment!” but you beat me to it. Not much you can do about that except maybe give those parts a good dose of 10-w 40 and hope the saltwater slides off.

Sadly my old spider bike succumbed to rust through flooding of the Mississippi River and not salt water…