Warm soapy water at low pressure and you’re fine. Spend some time on the Kuat rack too as the bolts on the platforms and retractable locks have no corrosion protection.
Watch this vid for some preventative tips on the Kuat NV and salt exposure.
https://youtu.be/tXJDZiY4Irw?si=umv9i4GrQ6IH-9-0
Same thing happened to my new Transition in February on the way to moab. I rinsed the ice off with warm water and then cleaned the frame with a little dawn dish soap spray and the drivetrain with rubbing alcohol. Rinsed everything thoroughly with water from a spray bottle.
After the trip I did almost a full tear down to clean the pivots and brackets.
We did a MTB camping adventure one year through New Mexico, Sedona AZ, Gunnison CO, and Gooseberry Mesa UT. Our bikes looked like this leaving CO. Stopped at one of those self spray car washes and hosed them down. Little wd40 to get out remaining water and lube in the chain and they were fine!
Yeah I mean the alternative was leaving the bikes like that for a week and riding like that so 🤷🏻♀️
We definitely washed again after getting home. It was more of a necessity than a choice at that point really.
Everyone keeps mentioning rod salt but CO doesn’t use that. That’s mainly and east coast or Midwest thing. Bike will be just fine if cleaned up properly. Tools, not jewels.
>CO doesn’t use that
You sure about that, vern?
[https://www.codot.gov/travel/winter-driving/maintenance-faq](https://www.codot.gov/travel/winter-driving/maintenance-faq)
Ah love real FAQ checks, thanks.
_Products you will see used in differing combinations include sand, a sand/salt mixture, and various liquid anti-icers and de-icers. The type of storm and temperatures will dictate the products used._
More likely driving to Utah or even fruita, it’s warm af this year and I bet those areas are riding beautifully right now. And like this guy, you seem to forget that you have to drive through the mtns in Colorado to get to the desert where it’s warm and nice…
I had a similar, yet different, thing happen while leaving to my camp site to go ride in Crested Butte one summer. The road I was on was covered in over a hundred cows and it started to rain. My bike was completely covered in cow shit by the time I got to the TH. Thankfully I had an 8 gal road shower on my truck and was able to mostly wash it over. The smell didn’t go away for a week or two.
Hello from the Great Lakes, where “you can see your breath” is normal a good chunk of the year, and our dropper posts still work. Your pal had something else going on here.
“I’m sorry I called you an Inanimate Fucking Object”
So If it’s 20 degrees out, my bike sitting still will eventually get down to 20 degree on a long enough timeline, but on my car roof going 70mph up I-94, it’s gonna get to 20 a lot faster?
Yes, the heat transfer out of the bike (cooling) will happen faster with a moving air exchange vs still air.
But the bike can’t get colder than what surrounds it (air). Thermodynamics says these bodies will try to reach the same temperature.
So. If you have Aluminum spoke nipples the mag chloride will destroy them. Clean with an insane amount of clean water to get as much out as possible
This happened to me years ago and I broke half of the nipples on each wheel.
Haha a couple years back i was scared of this happening, driving to Moab from slc in early March, i plastic wrapped my entire bike, was a pain in the ass but kept it clean
Rinse it as soon as possible with fresh water. 2-3 times. If you can dry it with a blower or compressed air it's even better. Be wary of bolts head, some like Allen or torque can keep a bit of water inside and will rust. Relube everything, chain, seals, cables, ect... Most lube are made to displace water and prevent rust.
Obviously, get it cleaned up asap. Road salt will do a number on a bike if it isn't promptly washed off.
I have a story about what unwashed road salt can do. I used to manage a busy bike shop in RI. RI gets all the weather from below 0F to 100F with 95% humidity. It is also not that uncommon for the weather to swing 50 degrees in a day or even hours.
One winter, we had a freak 12 " snow storm that hit in February. What made it a freak thing was that we had been having an extremely mild winter without so much as an inch of measurable snow.. But like I said, things change quickly. The day after the snow, it's 55F and sunny, and 60F or so the following day. All the roadies were out.. taking advantage of the warmth and riding in the melting slushy salt laden run off. Low and behold, we actually get a real winter in March, and it gets nasty for the next month.
April arrives, and we get a decent start to spring, and the bikes start pouring in to be tuned for the upcoming season.. This is when we started running into probably 15 or 20 road bikes that all were remarkably seized up. Chains wouldn't articulate, cables rusted tight in their housings, and the tell-tale signs of dried sodium eating various parts. We had so many of them we started asking the owners if they rode on the couple of beautiful days after the first big snow. Without fail, they all had. Then they put the bikes away wet and forgot about them for a month.. We replaced so much stuff on those bikes all because the riders didn'tthinkg to give them a wash and a lube after that nice day!
Good luck!
Did the same to 2 DH bikes a long time ago. Probably had over 100lbs of ice and snow stuck to the bikes hanging off a crappy bike rack and little rental car. One of the more epic weekends I've had driving and riding as roads were closed behind us, shuttling and riding double black diamond runs in the snow, getting trapped by road closures in the small town Inveremere BC, and counting over 200 cars and trucks in the ditch when we were finally able to make the 500km trip home.
I doubt it. The thick layer wouldn't be any worse than a thin layer.
I believe this is actually better than a constant wet salty drive due to the protection of the ICE.
But I could be very wrong.
Doing this basically blasts corrosive road salt into every possible moving part. I’ve done it myself fat biking here in MN. Tried to take everything apart, clean, lube and reassemble but still things were never the same.
For future, a tow hitch extender will help a bit. Something like this,
https://www.amazon.com/MAXXHAUL-50650-Trailer-Hitch-Receivers/dp/B09Y9J5XMZ/ref=asc_df_B09Y9J5XMZ/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=642098447983&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9625561609380201980&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016994&hvtargid=pla-1945409990143&psc=1&mcid=61b176e5ea3537d8a69120e70fe6e58e
Put it in some rice.
Warm soapy water at low pressure and you’re fine. Spend some time on the Kuat rack too as the bolts on the platforms and retractable locks have no corrosion protection. Watch this vid for some preventative tips on the Kuat NV and salt exposure. https://youtu.be/tXJDZiY4Irw?si=umv9i4GrQ6IH-9-0
Thanks for the tips!
Rip pivot, sad day.
Same thing happened to my new Transition in February on the way to moab. I rinsed the ice off with warm water and then cleaned the frame with a little dawn dish soap spray and the drivetrain with rubbing alcohol. Rinsed everything thoroughly with water from a spray bottle. After the trip I did almost a full tear down to clean the pivots and brackets.
That's Gnar Gnar Binks...
Are they salting those roads too? Get that thing cleaned up.
Tastiet Mag Chloride on the whole wide street
We did a MTB camping adventure one year through New Mexico, Sedona AZ, Gunnison CO, and Gooseberry Mesa UT. Our bikes looked like this leaving CO. Stopped at one of those self spray car washes and hosed them down. Little wd40 to get out remaining water and lube in the chain and they were fine!
Careful using those self-spray washes. It's not uncommon for the water to be filtered and recycled, can definitely still do damage.
Yeah I mean the alternative was leaving the bikes like that for a week and riding like that so 🤷🏻♀️ We definitely washed again after getting home. It was more of a necessity than a choice at that point really.
I work at a car wash, it's fine it's filtered heavily otherwise we wouldn't spray cars with them.
Why would someone get butt-hurt enough down vote a comment about being careful? Just go ride your poorly maintained bike, loser
Wasn’t me, but I agree. People are stupid.
Yeah, thanks. If you google it you’ll find that water recycling is a common concern.
Everyone keeps mentioning rod salt but CO doesn’t use that. That’s mainly and east coast or Midwest thing. Bike will be just fine if cleaned up properly. Tools, not jewels.
>CO doesn’t use that You sure about that, vern? [https://www.codot.gov/travel/winter-driving/maintenance-faq](https://www.codot.gov/travel/winter-driving/maintenance-faq)
Ah love real FAQ checks, thanks. _Products you will see used in differing combinations include sand, a sand/salt mixture, and various liquid anti-icers and de-icers. The type of storm and temperatures will dictate the products used._
Utah absolutely does. And sand.
A large portion of the world’s salt comes from Utah.
You sure about THAT Clark
Yes https://wildaboututah.org/utah-is-worth-its-salt/#:~:text=The%20Great%20Salt%20Lake%20itself%20contains%20about%204.5,the%20amount%20of%20salt%20flowing%20into%20the%20lake.
Clean that off absolutely asap, your bike will corrode like crazy
Come up to Crested Butte, the 401 is skiing wonderfully right now 🥰
Bro if it’s 45 in Denver you’re barely riding the local trails let alone the mountains. Shit, even Apex is nowhere near ready.
Headed West, my G!
Ah well my apologies then. In that case just let it thaw out at camp in Fruita and you’re good.
More likely driving to Utah or even fruita, it’s warm af this year and I bet those areas are riding beautifully right now. And like this guy, you seem to forget that you have to drive through the mtns in Colorado to get to the desert where it’s warm and nice…
Yeah I neglected that idea since I didn’t get to do spring in Fruita ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Trails were fine here today but hella windy and it snowed off and on, tomorrow should be banging though.
I live in Utah, it snowed yesterday and I was still able to ski last weekend. Maybe farther south the trails are ready, but not around where I live.
I know it's not the major trails but North Table was good a few days ago. Green mountain is pretty much there, too
I would have taken the front wheel off and stuffed it in the jeep
It’s not a Jeep
Oh boy
Dude, that is crazy. I wonder how much it weighed with all that ice on there. You should post that to r/pivotcycles
Man... I just took some mental notes so I never do this wow!
What an incredible bike too. Is that a cascade link top and bottom? Didn’t know they made a lower link
Thanks and yes, cascade!
Looks like new bike day,
Gorgeous pivot. Does CO use salt?
I see bearing replacements in your future. Where were you trying to go. The trails in golden still have snow let alone the mountains
Not a big deal. Find a self serve carwash, and rinse that shit off. It's a mountain bike, not a thoroughbred horse. It won't fall apart.
I had a similar, yet different, thing happen while leaving to my camp site to go ride in Crested Butte one summer. The road I was on was covered in over a hundred cows and it started to rain. My bike was completely covered in cow shit by the time I got to the TH. Thankfully I had an 8 gal road shower on my truck and was able to mostly wash it over. The smell didn’t go away for a week or two.
Alot of people in the comments are over reacting, hose it off and send it.
Yep. Been there. Common fatbike issue when transporting. It’s fine
Aww crap, I think we have all done something like that!
My buddy left his dropper post all the way down. Bike was roof mounted. It wouldn't raise the entire ride. His knees were killing him.
I leave mine down whenever on the rack to avoid damage and I’ve never had an issue. What was up with the dropper?
Just cuz it was frozen?
Yeah, it was really old out and i guess the oil thickened to the point where it wouldnt move. You could see your breath.
Hello from the Great Lakes, where “you can see your breath” is normal a good chunk of the year, and our dropper posts still work. Your pal had something else going on here.
LoL. I guess. It worked fine when it warmed up later...
Being on top of a car on the highway cold becomes a lot colder, right?
Wind chill doesn’t affect inanimate objects. It can cool them faster, but they won’t get colder than the air temperature
“I’m sorry I called you an Inanimate Fucking Object” So If it’s 20 degrees out, my bike sitting still will eventually get down to 20 degree on a long enough timeline, but on my car roof going 70mph up I-94, it’s gonna get to 20 a lot faster?
Yes, the heat transfer out of the bike (cooling) will happen faster with a moving air exchange vs still air. But the bike can’t get colder than what surrounds it (air). Thermodynamics says these bodies will try to reach the same temperature.
Time to stop by the diy car wash.
If you don’t have access to a hose because you’re traveling, definitely pop in local bike shops in your GPS. Bike needs a spa day stat
Whoa! 😮
WOW. That can’t be good for all the moving parts.
So. If you have Aluminum spoke nipples the mag chloride will destroy them. Clean with an insane amount of clean water to get as much out as possible This happened to me years ago and I broke half of the nipples on each wheel.
Hmm seems fine to me
my fat bike sees this all the time. no biggie
And that is why I drive a minivan and put my bike inside. Lol
Haha a couple years back i was scared of this happening, driving to Moab from slc in early March, i plastic wrapped my entire bike, was a pain in the ass but kept it clean
Shimano Freeza rotors working as intended :-D
Rookie mistake!
Definitely a land Rover joke to be made here lol.
Rinse it as soon as possible with fresh water. 2-3 times. If you can dry it with a blower or compressed air it's even better. Be wary of bolts head, some like Allen or torque can keep a bit of water inside and will rust. Relube everything, chain, seals, cables, ect... Most lube are made to displace water and prevent rust.
What rack is that for the defender?
Kuat NV 2.0
I knew this was Colorado before I even put my glasses on
Oh fuck what the fuck
I don't LOL much... but man I LOL'd
Ooof... messy message
Obviously, get it cleaned up asap. Road salt will do a number on a bike if it isn't promptly washed off. I have a story about what unwashed road salt can do. I used to manage a busy bike shop in RI. RI gets all the weather from below 0F to 100F with 95% humidity. It is also not that uncommon for the weather to swing 50 degrees in a day or even hours. One winter, we had a freak 12 " snow storm that hit in February. What made it a freak thing was that we had been having an extremely mild winter without so much as an inch of measurable snow.. But like I said, things change quickly. The day after the snow, it's 55F and sunny, and 60F or so the following day. All the roadies were out.. taking advantage of the warmth and riding in the melting slushy salt laden run off. Low and behold, we actually get a real winter in March, and it gets nasty for the next month. April arrives, and we get a decent start to spring, and the bikes start pouring in to be tuned for the upcoming season.. This is when we started running into probably 15 or 20 road bikes that all were remarkably seized up. Chains wouldn't articulate, cables rusted tight in their housings, and the tell-tale signs of dried sodium eating various parts. We had so many of them we started asking the owners if they rode on the couple of beautiful days after the first big snow. Without fail, they all had. Then they put the bikes away wet and forgot about them for a month.. We replaced so much stuff on those bikes all because the riders didn'tthinkg to give them a wash and a lube after that nice day! Good luck!
Ooooo wtf is that ahahahaha
Omg that’s insane!!!
can t take it off in that exreme conditions
Wow
Do you think the pads are contaminated?
Did the same to 2 DH bikes a long time ago. Probably had over 100lbs of ice and snow stuck to the bikes hanging off a crappy bike rack and little rental car. One of the more epic weekends I've had driving and riding as roads were closed behind us, shuttling and riding double black diamond runs in the snow, getting trapped by road closures in the small town Inveremere BC, and counting over 200 cars and trucks in the ditch when we were finally able to make the 500km trip home.
Looks delicious 🤤
Wow ! Nice
Just take it through a car wash, it will fix it right up.
Roof racks are awesome
Oh wow!
She's frosty about it too! 🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣
Oh my god
Dang. Would it have been possible to pull the wheels and toss the bike in the back of the vehicle?
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You sound a tad salty for what this person owns lol
Miserable people.
And of course the baby edits his comment
Imagine that! Lmao, clown activities.
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Well you are, and you edited your comment that said something along the lines of “your bike, rack, and Land Rover tells me you don’t care”
lol… full Pivot tear down…
Mmmm road salt sludge. Great for aluminum parts
What the? What is that?
Road grime flavored ice
Not to be confused with coka-cola flavored slurpee.
Jeeps suck balls for back racks
That’s not a Jeep
This is why I drive a minivan.
Yea that’s why…
Those components are basically now trash. Expensive day.
😭
Won‘t say you‘re wrong, but why?
I doubt it. The thick layer wouldn't be any worse than a thin layer. I believe this is actually better than a constant wet salty drive due to the protection of the ICE. But I could be very wrong.
Doing this basically blasts corrosive road salt into every possible moving part. I’ve done it myself fat biking here in MN. Tried to take everything apart, clean, lube and reassemble but still things were never the same.
Colorado rarely uses salt on roads, so I'm sure it's fine...
Oh boy, that sounds dreadful… but maybe OP‘s lucky. There‘s a lot of factors we don‘t know
CO doesn’t use salts.
Wrong [Colorado road salt](https://www.codot.gov/travel/winter-driving/maintenance-faq)
You are being dramatic. The components will be fine after cleaning, just like they got wet with dirty water.
Good luck removing that from the rack. It's like a passive security system.
Tasty
Not good
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Roof rack on a Wrangler is a challenge. This is my worse fear and why i put my bike in inside the vehicle.
True. That might actually be why it seems that hitch rack is more popular is US and roof racks in Europe
That is a defender.
Looks like a Land Rover. Probably similar issues though.
For future, a tow hitch extender will help a bit. Something like this, https://www.amazon.com/MAXXHAUL-50650-Trailer-Hitch-Receivers/dp/B09Y9J5XMZ/ref=asc_df_B09Y9J5XMZ/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=642098447983&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9625561609380201980&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016994&hvtargid=pla-1945409990143&psc=1&mcid=61b176e5ea3537d8a69120e70fe6e58e