pascalo-
Our bike was ridden most week days during the winter so when they gritted the roads salt is an issue on top of just rain. With the steering we kept either end of the cables clean using degreaser and dried. Then would put bike on full lock and apply some light lube on exposed inner cable and do the same on opposite lock. The clean lube will get drawn-in slightly to help prevent corrosion on exposed parts to keep things freely moving/smooth.
Keep an eye on both headsets (steering column & fork) as ours do work loose overtime and not immediately obvious if you carry loads of stuff as everything makes a noise!
I fitted a longer stem (OEM stem was super-short) for an improved position, however our adjustable height steerer was stuck solid due to corrosion! :O In the end I had to completely disassemble the front end of the bike and remove the steering column, once I fabricated some soft jaws to grip the column properly I could apply a decent amount of force to remove the adjustable column! The cause was lack of grease/anti-seize during production/assembly and also the keyway that prevents the column from rotating during adjustment as this creates a perfect path for water to run down. I would recommend put a dab of silicone (or vaseline) over the keyway to help prevent water ingress as our steering column had a reasonable amount of rusty water in the bottom of it as once in it cannot escape.
Mudflap on front mudguard would help prevent dirt/water splashing up onto front frame/cargo area. On the list of things to do... :)
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thebrenthamtaffy
Probably not great! We have a Douze with pretty direct/simple cable steering and over winter it needs looking after to keep smooth, especially if you want to minimise play in the steering which generates additional friction due to cable tension. Their steering set-up looks bonkers!!!
€3K is cheap for such a low production volume carbon cargo bike, assume that's F&F only?!