Originally Posted by
Daniel4
After spending a few hundred dollars two years in a row replacing the bottom bracket and then the crank, my bike shop told me to clean my bike of the salt after every winter ride. That's the fat bike I bought new. But my other bike is a beater that I ride when the snow isn't that deep and I have never cleaned it.
There is something seriously wrong if you've had to replace the bottom bracket two years in a row. I don't know if you had to replace the crank twice (it's unclear) but I can't think of any reason why a crankset would have to be replaced because of salt. Nor should it cost "a few hundred dollars" to replace a bottom bracket, even twice. I think there is something else going on here. Even cheap bottom brackets have seals that are sufficient for years of abuse.