Cleaning rims
Jamey
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What do you guys use to clean the rims when there's loads of ground-in rubbery stuff from the brakes that detergent and a cloth simply won't shift?
Is meths a good way to do it?
Is meths a good way to do it?
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Baby Wipes..........
Also used to remove brake dust from my motorbike rims.....0 -
Wonder wheels - like for use on the car......but don't use it too often.0
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This is a subject that I've often wondered about.
Seeing as we're talking about THE braking surface that we use.
I'd have thought that makes the brake-rim interface second most important source of traction on a bike after the tyre-road one.
Would be nice if someone could take the elbow grease out of keeping the rims clean.
Pedros are you reading this?"Impressive break"
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I use baby wipes and rinse them down either in the shower at home or the large trough like toilet sink at work.comes up clean quite fast like that, but then I never let them get too bad in the first place.0
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meths is by far the best and cheapest thing to use. don't buy a cr4ppy rim or disk cleaner as they don't work as well and are more expensive0
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I used brake cleaner :?
Same as I use on the motorbikes and when I've worked on cars.
If it's good enough for brakes hauling up half a tonne of motorcycle and two passengers from 90mph it's good enough for my bicycle!2007 Giant SCR2 - 'BFG'
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Flash wipes with the textured 'scrubby' bit..Crash 'n Burn, Peel 'n Chew
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I use on of these http://www.allterraincycles.co.uk/product/101955.html although I didn't pay £18 for it I got mine from one of those sells everything shops that always has loads of buckets etc outside. It's like an abrasive sponge that you get wet and then rub the cr@p off your rims then give 'em a rinse and they come up like new.'Hello to Jason Isaacs'0
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Jamey wrote:What do you guys use to clean the rims when there's loads of ground-in rubbery stuff from the brakes that detergent and a cloth simply won't shift?
Is meths a good way to do it?
I recently got some ceramic coated rims. I read later that they prevent the black build up produced from the brake pads wearing away the aluminium rim. I had never considered that the grime was from my actual rim, but it really is - the ceramic rims get dity as well, but not that foul black stuff that you normally get.
Of course, hitting a pot hole hard is now a far more expensive business....
What was the question again?0