Shiny clean commuter?
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How often do you clean your commuter bike?
Mine gets a scrub down and lube every few months in the summer but once a month in the winter. I park it next to a Tricross that's absolutely gleaming every day.
Am I a heartless neglector of my bike or is he a little OCD?!
Mine gets a scrub down and lube every few months in the summer but once a month in the winter. I park it next to a Tricross that's absolutely gleaming every day.
Am I a heartless neglector of my bike or is he a little OCD?!
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It you own a mighty Tricross, you too would be lovingly cleaning it every night.....
Just make sure you do not use your cape to dry it!!"Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"0 -
My Tricross would be filthy in the winter if it wasn't for the SKS chromoplastics.
So instead it's at a level I like to call "medium gruxy".0 -
Does cycling in the rain count as washing?0
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I try to clean and lube my chain weekly then every other week give the frame a wash. Its a nightmare though, so many bits you just can't get to! Just spent a good 2 hours on my Allez and could probably spend another two... need a hose or maybe a jet washer!?0
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I try to clean it properly every week (weather permitting)
I find easiest is stick it on the workshop stand in the street, take both wheels off, cover the saddle and use a hose, spray on some Muc Off and then bucket of soapy water/cloth. Autoglym works well. With drying and greasing about 30 mins for a thorough job.
Worse is getting stuck with doing all the family bikes ....0 -
Depends on the riding weather. If the conditions are crap I will clean it weekly otherwise bits wear out real quick. I will take the chain off and clean it thoroughly and clean the cassette off as a minimum, otherwise I notice a difference in the way it rides.
In the Winter my frame is usually pretty mucky too after a week (150 miles) so I try to give that a warm water clean down if I get the time...it usually gets done less frequent though.
My racing bike however gets cleaned after every ride wet or not, gotta look after that baby! 8)0 -
Compost wrote:How often do you clean your commuter bike?
Chain: If conditions are bad I end up cleaning it every day.
Cassette/chainrings: Whenver they get gunked up enough to not shift right or if they are depositing dirt on the chain.
Having a clean shiny bike every day is OCD or a very fair weather cyclist
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Wipe over chain with white spirit a couple of times a week.
Yearly - clean roadkill from cowcatcher and place in freezer.
All she wrote."Consider the grebe..."0