Winter may not be here yet, but it’s definitely time to start thinking about how you’re going to winterize your bike if you choose not to ride year round or if you live in a climate that doesn’t allow you to.  This will be the first year we’ll be winterizing because it’s going to be the first year we’re not planning to ride year round.  That’s mostly because we just don’t see ourselves having the time to ride much this winter with the baby, and last year Hubby had a hard time dealing with some of the pains caused by the cold and previous wreck injuries.

With winterizing you have to decide on a few things.  First of all where are you going to store your bike?  Are you going to put it away completely, or do you want it to be located somewhere easy to get to incase you do get the itch to ride if the temps heat up during one of those winter days?  We will definitely be storing our bike in the garage, and we’re going to hang it as well to prevent flat spots on the tires and strain on the suspension. 

If you’re not sure what steps you need to take there are quite a few different ways to go about winterizing.  Here’s a pretty good How-To to give you a few pointers on what to do.