What is the collective view on the benefits of covering/not covering a bike during the day? The scenario is I ride the bike to work every day. The bike stays in an uncovered car park. I can choose to or not to take a cover with me to put on whilst I am work. Is it worth the effort? Is it better to leave it to the fresh air? Obviously, parked up it's not going to collect road salt, but rain will be able to rach the areas which may have picked salt up. OTOH, if the bike got wet in the morning, the cover will just keep the damp in. [1] What does everyone else do? [1] I have a breatheable cover which it normally lives under, but this is impracical for work, as it is not sufficiently heat resistant to go straight on a hot bike. -- John SV650 Black it is and naked
jsp was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever: Either use a proper breathable cover or leave it exposed to the weather. If you stick it under a non-breathable cover it'll suffer more than when simply exposed to fresh air.
In the past I haven't bothered and it didn't do my Thundercat any harm even through the winter. Now my employer has very kindly provided a sheltered area to park motorbikes, which is obviously a far better alternative.
This is what I was thinking. In the works car park it's normally protected from strong prevailing winds by bushes. At home I have more concern over this and have been know to get up and check it on windy nights. The Bandit I had previously did blow over when the neighbour whose car had been sheltering it, drove off. -- John SV650 Black it is and naked
Heh. Happened to one of mine, but in reverse. The neighbour drew up and parked just as a huge gust of wind came down the street and blew mine over. She was full of apologies, but I'd actually seen it happen and knew she hadn't touched it. -- Dave GS 850 x2 / SE 6a SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#16? FUB#3 FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19
Quite. He didn't even come back to pick it up. That was quite an interesting affair, truing to pick a bike up with a cover still wrapped around it in gale force wnids. Oh, did I mention to roofing slates which missed my head by inches? This was probably the most unsafe I've ever felt doing anything with a bike. -- John SV650 Black it is and naked
Putting a cover over your bike halves the chance of it being nicked. Worth it in my oppinion... -- O 1 Black, shortly to undergo extensive surgery. 1 Red, undergoing lightweight surgery. ----- 1 Blue, for Power-Ranger baiting. | o | Numbers ... | o | Stuff ... | ooo | Life ... -----
This is a consideration when I park up at home, but the work's car park is quite secure, and just to help, there is another bike bay nearby which has quite a few more nickable bikes in it... -- John SV650 Black it is and naked
True. It'd be cheaper to take the scalp wound. -- Dave GS 850 x2 / SE 6a SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#16? FUB#3 FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19
