Many morons out there still jet wash their bikes without any regard to what they are doing or just do it any way. Jet washing basically forces dirt/grit past seals that are designed to keep it out and because of this design feature the dirt can’t get out causing it to act as a grinder on the bearings. It may be ‘well off’ riders doing this out of laziness or just naive people doing it for ease. The solutions are thus:- Rich people pay your hired help to scrub your bike or hand over readies ‘WITHOUT QUESTION’ when your parts wear out at an amazingly rapid rate, non-rich peeps spend the time with a sponge as you wont be able to afford replacing parts every couple of months. If you are incapable of these then seriously consider if you are worthy of owning a bike you can’t take care of.

I’m sorry, what? Where did that come from?

It’s easy to jetwash a bike without trashing bearings – don’t aim at bearings. Delicate parts get a brush.

Next.

ermm…. my turn.

Don’t wash your bikes! Water and steel are a very bad combination. Contains iron and when iron is mixed with water and air you get iron oxide, which is rust. This can discolour the steel rims on your wheels and if left, will eventually weaken your wheels. Don’t put water on your bikes unless you have pots of money to keep buying new bikes each time your old one rusts. Either that or buy bikes made of some other material

What coffeeking said.

that’s good advise, try explaining that to the repeat offenders 😉

Who are these repeat offenders?

Terrible trolling effort 🙄

Excellent trawling expedition although i suspect you have used the incorrect bait & therefore will not make your quota this time out!

For what its worth i have always used a jetwash & never had any major concerns

Other things that are bad.

1) Chatting up your sister in law.

2) Stealing cars.

3) Fighting n’ stuff.

I’ve not done any of these but the OP has put me in the mood to hand out random warnings.

People that have parts replaced due to jet washing only to go away and return after a couple of months of jet washing antics with worn out bearings.

Chatting up your sister in law.

Well that depends.

I reckon our future king Willy has been known to flirt a little.

Although I find washing your bike with a hammer sometimes isn’t the best thing.

4) Weeing in the shower.

I find washing with a jet extremely good

Although every now and again, something melts

WTF is ‘trawling expedition’ and ‘trolling effort’ in single track world speak?

Hmmmmm pippa

Weeing in the shower isn’t as bad as showering in the wee

Harry – weeing in the shower is the Law

I’d like to jet wash pippa

Weeing in the shower isn’t as bad as showering in the wee

or pooing in the bath

Or bathing in the…….

Hmmm…. Pippa’s bath water.

Hmmm… Pippa in the bath, I bet pippa keeps a clean set if bearings.

Steady on… you don’t want to blow a seal.

I always jetwash my bikes.

My usual ride, an Orange 5 was bought Jan 2007, it’s been on 2-3 rides per week. So far in bearing terms it’s had:

1x BB bearings
0x headset bearings
0x main pivot bearings
1x shock pivot bushings
0x wheel bearings
0x freewheel bearings

It’s had plenty of chains of course (I live in gritty South Wales). I also changed the Pace forks cos they were minutely out of alignment possibly due to some crash or other – they never let in water either.

Should I be expecting better? 🙂

Wonder how Pippa’s bushing is holding up?

Where did ‘Cheap fennel from Tesco’ come into this debate?!?

Ask Harry.

Wonder how Pippa’s bushing is holding up?

Looks like he’d give her the “thumbs up”.

One of many morons

WTF is ‘trawling expedition’ and ‘trolling effort’ in single track world speak?

‘Trawling expedition’ is STW speak for when you have poke around the cassette tying to get crap out because you haven’t got a access to a jetwash. ‘Trolling effort’ is when you spin your wheels very fast to try to dislodge mud from deep in your tyre tread because you ain’t got nothing to blast it off with. HTH.

Looks like he’d give her the “thumbs up”.

Looks like he is giving her the “thumb up”.

That photo was from behind the balcony and his trousers are round his ankles…that’s why she’s leaning slightly to the left.

I jet washed my pet monkey once.

I won’t go into details, but I wouldn’t recommend anyone else attempt this

You shouldn’t blow dry them either.

Other things that are bad.

1) Chatting up your sister in law.

You shouldn’t blow dry them either.

Unless you like the Gary Glitter look ?

😯

Crikey! How didn’t we all know he was a bad ‘un?

We should have spotted this one too.

Kneel before Zod Gary doesn’t have the same ring to it.

Crikey! How didn’t we all know he was a bad ‘un?

I think it was Rock ‘n’ Roll Christmas what done it ………it lured us into a false sense of security.

What no one realised is that like Santa Claus, Gary Glitter liked to empty his sack in children’s bedrooms? 😐

Boom Tschh