x-no-archive:yes Dan Best wrote:

A couple of questions for those of you with foldling bikes on yur boats.

Do they need to be made of stainless or some such in order to hold up to
the marine environment or will cheap ones like this hold up?
http://www.heartlandamerica.com/Item...asp?SKU=22881#

I don't like those little wheels

Our children gave Bob a Dahon (?) which was fairly expensive ($300+).
He's used it a lot. Mine he got from Ocean Outfitters in Annapolis
(consignment ship) for a lot less. He says that he's heard that
Walmart has an aluminum one for about $69.00


What do y'all do to protect them from the salt air and how well does it
work?

Keep it in a bag and spray it Bob says. Sometimes we have them on
deck and sometimes below - depending on what we are doing. If they
are on deck, they are lashed to the pushpit railing at the top of the
ladder under the radar arch. This is a center cockpit boat. We had a
regular non-folding bike there, not in a bag and it got very rusty.


grandma Rosalie

S/V RosalieAnn, Leonardtown, MD
CSY 44 WO #156
http://home.mindspring.com/~gmbeasley/id2.html