Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
My beater is a good quality aluminum
Specialized Diverge, and I bought it as a good-riding beater that I would nonetheless subject to the elements, without the distress of messing up my high end
Specialized S-Works.
I bought a used carbon s-works tri-cross for my winter bike. It wasn’t very expensive and I don’t worry about rust. I usually rinse off the muck that accumulates on the the weekend if I’m riding with a group.