Hot water makes cleaning any bike infinitely quicker and more pleasurable.
And more expensive and less environmentally friendly!
Normally do a full clean but just hose down if I CBA.
And more expensive and less environmentally friendly!
Christ, here we go.....
Actually. My hot water is probably far more environmentally friendlily heated than yours molegrips
hozelock adapters for mixer taps are available too
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Hozelock 2274 adapter
Tried one of those and used to be a right faff to stop water spraying all over the kitchen.
Anyway, nope is my answer. There's no light in the garden to wash it. Got portable washer but where I do night rides I can't wash it where I'm parked if I've driven there.
Wipe down, brush off when it's dry.
Gwurk ..cheers .. 😀
The old tap was a mixer tap which accepted a different hozelock fitment and to be honest I just hadn't looked to see if there was a different one ..
Tried one of those and used to be a right faff to stop water spraying all over the kitchen.
I used to suffer this, I now close hose nozzle, turn off tap, go back and open hose nozzle to release trapped water, then remove from tap and no more spray of water over me and the kitchen.
I did discover the bathroom shower hose screwed onto another hozelock thing I had which worked pretty well. Needed a long hose though.
Mud is a fantastic preservative, so I just leave it on, wait for it to dry, knock off the dried mud, clean and re-lube the chain and crack on. Every now and again i'll treat it to a proper wash, chain off, cassette off and a good deep clean. I steer well clear of bearings though.
if you really want, have a look to see if the mixer tap has a screw in spout (many do) and you fit a regular hoselock end (as the threads are standard)
wash bike after night ride if it needs it.
One of my jobs over christmas is to fit an outside hot tap........ not sure i fancy sitting outside drilling holes in the wall when it's -10 though.
(Mines heated by ground source heat pumps, the geothermal pumps are powered by hydroelectric. Which i pay extra for. So pretty green.)
oikeith - Member
give it a few bounces on the sheet before taking it out and wife is happy.
Must try that tonight....
Usually a quick wipe down of the drivetrain, fork stanchions and dropper.
WD40 on the chain and a dribble of oil on the stanchions and dropper and a bit of bouncing to draw dirt out of the seals.
Wipe down and lock up.
As we normally end up in the pub after 10pm, then a couple of pints and ride home, getting home between 11 and 11:45pm, the last thing I want to do is clean the bike especially when the alarm goes off at 6am .... it will wait till the weekend.
Which is probably after Sundays ride !
Last week was... dunk bike in canal outside pub.
More usual routine is... hose down whole bike and lube drivetrain.
Deadkenny - if you mean it leaked. simply add an extra PVC plumbing washer and tighten it down properly tight. Otherwise. What the other bloke said.
Deadkenny - if you mean it leaked. simply add a PVC plumbing washer and tighten it down properly tight. Otherwise. What the other bloke said.
Gary, my bikes would like to thank you.
After reading this thread, I found out about this
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I ordered one off Amazon and it arrived yesterday.
That meant that I could actually wash the bikes with some hot water without it freezing in place (it's been about -7C all day).
so much better isn't it?
🙂
on really muddy night rides you can also shower outdoors 😉
The only problem I had was the hot water then freezing on the bike by the time I got to the other end 🙂
