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Originally Posted by
Pleiades
Don't know about the spoke covers.
However, without doubt, the stuff you need to prevent further corrosion is
ACF-50.
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Yep - without any doubt at all.
I spent an hour yesterday, with a little pot of ACF50 and a modelers paintbrush giving each spoke a very light application, including the nipple. Yes it takes time, but my bike has seen 5 winters and the corrosion is negligible. Be careful not to overload it, it takes very little and you don't want it running off on to your tyres.
As for the paint fade on the wheels, you can restore it with a wipe of silicon oli, back-to-black bumper care stuff.
ACF50 is also the stuff you need to stop corrosion all over the bike, yes it's expensive, but go for the 1litre bottle with a hand pump (about �30) rather than the aerosol tins (about �15 each) as it lasts much much longer, is easier to apply and more accurate.
edit: If you use spoke covers, you'll end up making matters worst, they will hold the salty water longer.