Water stored in frame, I think??

ChrisPavey

I have a new Wilier Mortirolo Veloce 2010 and I cycled it in heavy rain yesterday. Of course I dried and cleaned the bike when I got home but on my way to work this morning water was pouring out where the hub and cassette are.

I've spoken to CycleSurgery who said it's fine but is it as I don't want parts getting rusty or my bike getting ruined by stale water.

Anyone experienced this or have any advice??

Thanks,
Chris

sungod

water can get into the frame umpteen ways, especially in heavy rain with no mudguards, it often ends up lurking in the bottom bracket shell

it depends in the frame, i raise the front wheel so it's vertically above the back, water seems to drain out from wherever it was hiding

on metal frames i usually spray some acf-50 into the bb shell before fitting the bb, you can also spray it down the seat tube, it removes corrosion and stops more forming

but yours is carbon isn't it? so shouldn't be any issues as long as metal bits were greased properly in assembly

you can experiment to see what position is drains best in, should be fine

btw it's possible that you had water in the rims/hubs, some are quite open, some rims have a small drain hole, many don't

ChrisPavey

Thanks for a kick response. I was worrying about nothing.

Yes it's a carbon frame and my mud guards were at home.

Thanks again

Chris

term1te

I had a lot of water getting into my frame and pinned it down to the junction of the seat post and frame. The water splashing of the back wheel was running down the seat post and into the frame. I made a sort of rubber boot our of an old inner tube. I cut a section about 2 inches long, removed the seat post fitted the "boot" over the post and pushed it over the junction when it was put back in the frame. Worked a treat with no further water ingress.

ChrisPavey

]Thanks for a quick response. I was worrying about nothing.

Yes it's a carbon frame and my mud guards were at home.

Thanks again

Chris[/quote]

Gav2000

I always but a piece of electrical tape over the split in the frame where the seatpost goes in, I think this helps to keep some water out some extent. The inner tube idea is good especially for a commuter or bike thats often wet.

The worst effect of water in the frame for me is that its not clean water and has some silt in it that gets into the threads of the bottom bracket cups and eventually starts that annoying creaking noise. Whenever I remove a BB I always have to clean the threads to remove a sandy silt, the creak usually goes after doing this and reinstalling.

Gav.