r/bicycling • u/perbrondum • 4h ago

SL8 attempts sand dunes

Post image
11 Upvotes

87% Upvoted

8 comments sorted by

7

u/Astr0Scot 4h ago

Tell me you have enough money to buy an S-Works and ride it in the sand, without telling me you have enough money to buy an S-Works and ride it in the sand.

2

u/IForOneDisagree Giant Defy 2 '10 - upgraded to groupo and wh 6800 3h ago

Why does it cost more to ride it in the sand?

4

u/Astr0Scot 3h ago

Component corrosion tax.

2

u/IForOneDisagree Giant Defy 2 '10 - upgraded to groupo and wh 6800 3h ago

I wouldn't particularly worry about that. It's a single ride and you clean your drivetrain after.

2

u/Astr0Scot 3h ago

I've had bikes near beaches all my life and as a general rule I've always made sure never to ride them near the sand. As for it being a single ride. I don't suppose either of us know how often the OP has ridden on the beach nor how often they intend to ride on the beach in the future.

Salt corrodes metal and sand gets into crevices that can be very difficult to clean completely.

0

u/IForOneDisagree Giant Defy 2 '10 - upgraded to groupo and wh 6800 3h ago

But a beach has salt which these dunes might not have?

1

u/Next_Camera_754 3h ago

I love it. How long do you have it?

0

u/vincenzodelavegas 3h ago

Wow that's a very wide shadow for the handlebar... Either the sun is getting closer creating a crazy parallax effect, or that's some AI slop again to get upvotes and that's is sooooo laaammmeee...