Cleaning with water is very bad for your bike and even worse for your self respect, dont do it.
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Am I loving my bike to death?
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Posted 5 months ago #
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Here is a pic of my dirty bike just to upset those with OCD
. Chain is running with the chain wax so stays clean and only needs lubed every now and then, forks recently serviced. all cables recently lubed - everything working tickety boo
dirty bike by TandemJeremy, on FlickrPosted 5 months ago # -
Oh look, its the three wise men, right on cue
Nice bike TJ, no wonder you don't wash it, I would try and keep the decals as dirty as possible.
Posted 5 months ago # -
flow
So you are better off leaving you bike covered in mud and shite that obviously is no good for bearings, seals or anything else, rather than washing it off with clean water. Yeah ok.
Werrmm - how does the dried mud get into the bearings?
My BB has been in there for years and many thousands of miles, the head bearings the same. Both have seals
Its a very nice bike flow - you don't recognise it? raleigh titanium sps
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What upsets my OCD, TJ, is that computer cable... dangling in the wind.
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and the rear light not pointing horizontal.. and the zip tie on the fork stanchion
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I keep meaning to do something about it.I have tied it round the brake hose - does that help?
its a cable tie - I ain't a septic - been setting up the fork air pressure
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it's just that people then leave the tie in place.. and sure enough the seal that side knackers up first, or better still the stanchion gets scored. I've always just looked at the muck mark
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I always have a tie on the fork leg - all my bike always - never had a seal failure or a stanchion score - I do leave 'em loose tho
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