Road salt is the single most destructive thing your bike sees in Ontario. It attacks chains, derailleur springs, cables and hub bearings.
Rinse the bike with cool water after salty rides — never hot, which drives salt into bearings — and dry the chain immediately.
Use a wet or wax-based chain lube in winter, not a dry lube. Reapply weekly, not monthly.
Book a spring overhaul in March. Bearings that sat in salt water all winter are far cheaper to repack than to replace.
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