Baird
Besides new tires, lever hoods and possibly a new seat there is nothing that can go wrong at those 120+/- temps. the damage to the referenced items would depend on the duration of the exposure. If not a problem I would remove seat and tires
Tony Roberts Flushing, New York
From: Baird Webel <bjwebel@gmail.com> Subject: [CR] Bike storage/heat To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 3:36 PM
I am leaving an old Serrota at my parents' house in Texas so I don't have to haul a bike when I visit. My father suggested storing it in an attic above the garage. Outside temps in the summer would average mid-90s, so I'd assume an un-air conditioned attic would be significantly more than that for probably 3+ months of the year. I can't come up with a particular reason to give not to leave the bike there, but just have a vague sense of unease about it.
Anybody have trouble from such a thing it the past, or am I just being paranoid?
thanks,
Baird