Bike cleaning for the lazy ones

jpower

Hiya, so my bike cleaning routine is real poor, usually a wipe down with a tea cloth, you can guess how my drivetrain is looking, I do use alcohol wipes on the disc brake before every ride only because it started to sound like an HGV. So I decided I need to do a little more and here what I came up with.

Mac off chain cleaning tool
Fenwicks hose brush
Fenwicks Concetrate

Plan was to dilute make a spray bottle for cleaning, spray on and use brush before rinse, and the mud off chain tool for the chain, once the mud off fluid was used planning to use the fen wicks neat for cleaning the chain.

Carbon Fibre bike.

Does that sound good enough and budget conscious ?

jpower

Missing chain lube any pointers?

fenix

Hose off excess crap as soon as you get in.
Spray on MucOff/Fenwicks on the dirty bits.
Potter round whilst that soaks in.
Bucket of water and sponge/soft brush to wash whole bike down.
Leave to dry.
Clean rag and GT85 and spray onto the rag and run chain over rag.

Good to go.

If the chain is filthy dirty to begin with you'll need to clean it properly first - but do this after every ride and you'll be OK.

Matthewfalle

5 litre can of Jizer from motor factor - loads cheaper than bike stuff and just as good

Paint it on

Leave for a couple of mins

Hose it off

Dry chain and cassette/chainrings re-lube

Job jobbed

If feeling flush wash whole thing with car shampoo wash and spray mech screws, brake bolts, etc with GT85

jpower

Thanks.