I've always been anal about my bikes but after building a singlespeed, its been a revelation 
The SS has been in dock for the last 4 weeks and I haven't washed my geared bike.
I may regret it, who knows..
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I've stopped obsessively washing my bike, its wonderful!
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Posted 5 months ago #
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I have a new procedure when I have to drive back after a ride - bike in back of car, crank the heating up, turn the air con on, bake the mud dry. Feels a bit like a sauna. Knock the lumps off the drivetrain, polish the stanchions, lube the chain.
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Pressure washer & Fenwick’s caravan cleaner, rinse, lube. Got it down to under 10 mins
wouldn't say its really clean but clean enough
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Drop a bucket of cold water off in the garage before I head out. Quick sponge wash the second I get in (5 mins tops), GT85 the chain/cassette. Dry quickly with a rag, lube, done. Looks a bit mucky next time out but it's only superficially dirty and the important bits are clean.
Can't believe I used to a) not wash my bike after ever ride, and b) it used to be such a ball ache all because I left it all the time... freshly dirty bikes are so easy to clean!
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Decrease and rinse the chain every ride, clean forks and rear shock. The rest can look after itself.
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I scrub my bike spotless as soon as I can after riding it, I hate getting a dirty bike out of the shed. Even in the summer the chain comes off for a soak in a degreasing bath and the cassette gets scrubbed.
Please help...
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Winter = rigid bike with Rohloff. It gets ridden to and from work off road so no chance at all to keep it clean.
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Yep. I defo need to do something with the chain. I always wipe the forks clean and lube them before I ride.
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ride home throw bike in shed - next ride bounce bike on floor all dried mud falls off quick drop of chain lube and off i go
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Im having cold sweats after reading fp16v's post.
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You can wash bicycles?
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Its just a fad miketually, dont worry.
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Leave it out in the rain, let mother nature do the work.
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Mine's not getting cleaned til it starts to warm/dry up a bit. Not for a while then. It's singlespeed/rigid so I don't worry about mud getting into and wearing moving parts like I do on the geared full sus
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This thread is rubbish.
It's made me clean my bike and now I can't feel my fingers cos the water was so cold.
Last time this year though I reckon.
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ride home throw bike in shed - next ride bounce bike on floor all dried mud falls off quick drop of chain lube and off i go
+1 although i do go crazy and use a brush if its bad
thats riding time that is!
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my bike cleaning consists of a quick hose down after muddy rides, a spray of WD40 on the chain then shove it in the shead, Before the next ride i oil the chain and off i go. I have found cleaning it when the mud is still wet takes less then 5 minutes where as once the stuff has baked on it thakes ages.
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