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ok, i have also had to move my bikes (workhorse and polo) out into this "shed". i live in uni halls and had happily been keeping them in my room, security knew about it, cleaners knew about it, then some twatty jobsworth reports me, and i'm told i have to move to shed. at first was very skeptical imagining some damn rotting wooden thing. turns out it is actually a brick building (about 5m square) with wooden doors, when you have to obtain a key to get into. i am not really worried about them getting nicked (good locks, insured, not a lot i can do about it anyway, apparently it's illegal inside the building), but am worried about "atmospheric damp" as i have a steel frame. i have some jp weigle framesaver that i will treat the frame with tomorrow probably, the only other steel parts on the bike i can think of are the spokes, maybe other little bits and bobs like pedal axles and bearings. if i keep it all nicely greased up (would a light coating of wd40 on exposed metal help), am i at a risk of anything breaking due to it being cold all the time? the room is not damp, the roof is sound, it is just obviously quite damp in the air as it is just a wooden door. would it be worth keeping the bike covered with a sheet or something or would this just keep the moisture on it?
thanks for any help.