Bike rack/road grime

[Mildly Wild]

During or after a snow, whether I use our 1 Up tray style rack or our Kuat mast style carrier on either of our 2 cars, I get either slush or road grime (salt) kicked up onto the lower portion of the bikes. Lots of it. That is on the bottom bracket, the wheels, the rotors, cassette etc. Even after the roads are cleared several days later, I'll get grayish powder all over the same areas. I assume there's salt in that powder so it necessitates a quick bike wash down. Not a task I look forward to in this weather.

Anyone experience this and is there a solution?

 

[icebiker]

At the risk of stating the obvious, can you keep the bike(s) in the car? If not you could try something like this:

 

[one piece crank]

I take the cover off my PU bed and tie-down my fat bike standing upright. Makes a big difference but you need a PU.

 

[icebiker]

Edit to my first post…which for some reason didn’t take: the pic above is of a cheap product. You’ll want something made of material similar to a BbQ grill. I’ve seen them on the back racks of RV’s so maybe try an RV supply store?

 

[shrpshtr325]

iirc @UtahJoe has wrapped his bikes in a tarp for this reason. . . .

this is one of the many joys of having a pickup, just toss the bike in the bed (laying down usually as being under the cover is additional protection) and its not a concern.

 

[xc62701]

Just deal with the grime. Each trip gets you closer to new bike day...