Bike cleaning with cold water

Alejandrosdog

Term1te wrote:

Doesn't carbon fibre dissolve in warm water? I wouldn't risk it.

totally, in fact if you mollycoddle it enough it becomes soft and therefore useless

big_harv

Alejandrosdog wrote:

Term1te wrote:

Doesn't carbon fibre dissolve in warm water? I wouldn't risk it.

totally, in fact if you mollycoddle it enough it becomes soft and therefore useless

Oh, really? Perhaps I'll take my bike out of the bedroom then...

MiddleRinger

canoas wrote:

I've looked at the technical information product page on Muc Off's site and there is no mention of using either cold or warm water other than fresh clean water. I've mailed them, I'm interested to see their reply.

Wow, really?

Darius_Jedburgh

Where is canoas when we need him?
He's gone very quiet.

Alejandrosdog

Big Harv wrote:

Alejandrosdog wrote:

Term1te wrote:

Doesn't carbon fibre dissolve in warm water? I wouldn't risk it.

totally, in fact if you mollycoddle it enough it becomes soft and therefore useless

Oh, really? Perhaps I'll take my bike out of the bedroom then...

LOL mine lived there for a bit too

photonic69

Washing a bike in cold water 'should' tighten up the handling - much like washing your testicles in low temp. H2O

drlodge

What's "washing a bike"?

monkimark

I'm intrigued to know how you were washing the bike with warm water in your old kitchen, were you putting it in the sink?

Darius_Jedburgh

monkimark wrote:

I'm intrigued to know how you were washing the bike with warm water in your old kitchen, were you putting it in the sink?

I think he is running one of the new Taiwanese prototype blow up bikes. A big like a blow up doll, but not as much fun - for most of us.

In his old kitchen he just opened the valve and let the air out. Then the somewhat limp bike could easily fit in the sink.

Now he has a new kitchen his wife has told him that he has to remain hard at all times

Alejandrosdog

Franco di Banco wrote:

monkimark wrote:

I'm intrigued to know how you were washing the bike with warm water in your old kitchen, were you putting it in the sink?

I think he is running one of the new Taiwanese prototype blow up bikes. A big like a blow up doll, but not as much fun - for most of us.

In his old kitchen he just opened the valve and let the air out. Then the somewhat limp bike could easily fit in the sink.

Now he has a new kitchen his wife has told him that he has to remain hard at all times

im guessing its a new wife as well as a new kitchen.

Darius_Jedburgh

Alejandrosdog wrote:

im guessing its a new wife as well as a new kitchen.

I'd never thought of that. Makes sense now.

He's under her thumb. Sad to see a man cave in like that.

canoas

Looks like I'm in luck!

Thanks for your e-mail. Yes our cleaner can be rinsed off using cold, fresh water. After applying bike cleaner to the bike simply leave for a few minutes, before agitating any stubborn dirt and grime with a brush or sponge before rinsing and drying.


I hope this helps and if there’s anything else please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Kind Regards,


Andrew

ANDREW SYME - PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

imposter2.0

Wow, who knew? :roll:

Darius_Jedburgh

But did you ask if warm water could be used? And if so did you specify what temperature you would consider warm? What do Muck Off consider to be cold? Without accurate temperature levels his answer is pointless.

So many questions. So few answers.

Alejandrosdog

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MiddleRinger

Franco di Banco wrote:

But did you ask if warm water could be used? And if so did you specify what temperature you would consider warm? What do Muck Off consider to be cold? Without accurate temperature levels his answer is pointless.

So many questions. So few answers.

I know, right? Some people may thing 5 deg C water is cold, whereas others may think it's still quite cold water at 15 deg C. That's a wide temperature range, do you really want to risk it? And what about warm or even hot water?

Canaos - This email replay from Muc Off leaves more questions than actual answers. I think you should email them back and ask them to be much more specific. After all he did say don’t hesitate to contact him again!

canoas

MiddleRinger wrote:

Franco di Banco wrote:

But did you ask if warm water could be used? And if so did you specify what temperature you would consider warm? What do Muck Off consider to be cold? Without accurate temperature levels his answer is pointless.

So many questions. So few answers.

I know, right? Some people may thing 5 deg C water is cold, whereas others may think it's still quite cold water at 15 deg C. That's a wide temperature range, do you really want to risk it? And what about warm or even hot water?

Canaos - This email replay from Muc Off leaves more questions than actual answers. I think you should email them back and ask them to be much more specific. After all he did say don’t hesitate to contact him again!

Just pinged Muc off with your question!

canoas

Mucoff reply, great news for me! Lets see!

Hi Steve,

No problem. The temperature of the cold water won’t make much difference to be honest, we all regularly use fresh water from outside garden taps throughout the winter to clean and test dirty bikes and haven’t experienced any issues.


I hope this helps!


Have a good day.

slowbike

personally, I use Perrier straight from the fridge at 4.5°C (kept in the door - not the back of the fridge) - I find the bubbles and quality of the water give the best result...

First.Aspect

GAH, not Perrier? The dissolved CO2 makes it acidic. Your bike is now unrideable.

slowbike

First Aspect wrote:

GAH, not Perrier? The dissolved CO2 makes it acidic. Your bike is now unrideable.

only the non-carbon bits ...

Darius_Jedburgh

I use Peckham Spring Water.
Derek Trotter supplies it for me.
My bike is a lovely clean yellow Ribble.
It started put as a blue Ribble. What went wrong ?

david7m

Absolute classic when he turns the lights off and it glows:D
Dave

Alejandrosdog

Franco di Banco wrote:

I use Peckham Spring Water.
Derek Trotter supplies it for me.
My bike is a lovely clean yellow Ribble.
It started put as a blue Ribble. What went wrong ?

Excellent but don’t tease the op or the mods will delete your comment,

monkimark

You should be using Preston spring water.

Franco di Banco wrote:

I use Peckham Spring Water.
Derek Trotter supplies it for me.
My bike is a lovely clean yellow Ribble.
It started put as a blue Ribble. What went wrong ?

MiddleRinger

canoas wrote:

Mucoff reply, great news for me! Lets see!

No problem. The temperature of the cold water won’t make much difference to be honest, we all regularly use fresh water from outside garden taps throughout the winter to clean and test dirty bikes and haven’t experienced any issues.

Still not very specific, it's like he's deliberately avoiding answering the real question. Shady fella. And you forgot to ask about warm to hot water temperature specifics and their effect on the cleaning process.