Do i [bike] care too much?

Unknown · June 2007

Basically due to being slightly OCD i cannot go out on a ride and leave my bike in the garage covered in mud, so always clean it down with fenwicks, relube and thats that.

Thing is i ride about 4+ times a week and worried i will end up a) spending a fortune on oils, lubes, grease etc and b) probably wear the paint down on my frame[;)].

So i was just wondering if i am going overboard and should just clean it once a week or whether to just keep doing what i am doing while i am in the habit?

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papasmurf. · June 2007

you don't wax the paintwork? thats just shockingly sloppy. hehe *hides his bottle of wax....*

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Ticaboy · June 2007

I used to be the same, and it ended up that I started to consider NOT going out on the bike because I couldn't be ar5ed with all the cleaning and stuff afterwards. That's now changed, and I'll make sure the bike gets a clean once a week if it's been used a fair bit. The one thing I do still do after most rides is clean the chain and re-lube (unless it was very dry and a relatively short spin).

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guilliano · June 2007

Just a wipe down and a relube after a dry ride, full wash after a muddy one. For a wipe down you just need water and a rag

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Unknown · June 2007

I only clean my mtb about once a month in the dry summer! But I do care alot for it...I won't even ride off a curb, yet I will take it off drops..strange I know! Just make sure that after its been washed with water, you try and dry as much as possible.

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Unknown · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Ticaboy

I used to be the same, and it ended up that I started to consider NOT going out on the bike because I couldn't be ar5ed with all the cleaning and stuff afterwards.

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Thats exactly what i am worried about, take today for example its been raining so i know i am going to get muddy and part of me just cannot be asked with cleaning it all when i did just that after i got in last night!

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Unknown · June 2007

I try and clean my bike after every ride, but I normally only go out 'properly' once a week. Although now Im on holiday....

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by giantlover

I won't even ride off a curb, yet I will take it off drops
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Haha you nutter [;)]

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Unknown · June 2007

I usually re gild the decals after every ride. So you not quite obsessed yet. When you store them in your room, and bounce the forks on the way to the bog everytime you pass, you are obsessed.

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Unknown · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by supersonic

I usually re gild the decals after every ride. So you not quite obsessed yet. When you store them in your room, and bounce the forks on the way to the bog everytime you pass, you are obsessed.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

I think its only a matter of time before i get to that stage....[:D]

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Unknown · June 2007

Oh it will happen! You'll also start putting old frames and parts on the wall...

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paulosoxo · June 2007

Honestly can't remember the last time I washed the inbred, just knock the dry mud off every now and then.

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Unknown · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by supersonic

I usually re gild the decals after every ride.

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? Re gild?

Oh, when was you last ride?! [;)]

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Unknown · June 2007

Yesterday my young sir!

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Unknown · June 2007

Haha, fair enough [:)] How did it go?

Oh, whats regilding?

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Jaba666 · June 2007

Depends how much mud/grit is stuck to your bike, my general rule of thumb is a full clean once a week during winter (extra if really muddy) and in summer just clean the drivetrain once a week and the rest once a month.

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Unknown · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by supersonic

You'll also start putting old frames and parts on the wall...<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
You mocking me [}:)]

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Unknown · June 2007

Ha, nooooo, I would do the same!

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buuurpwmb · June 2007

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Honestly can't remember the last time I washed the inbred, just knock the dry mud off every now and then.

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Yep, i'm the same, cant remember the last time i cleaned penelope. (and at the mo she lives in the living room![:0])
just knock the dry mud off every now and then, maybe a little bit of oil on the important bits if i'm feeling up to it!

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