Cleaning your new not so shiny bike

[User6179]

If it was cheaper than washing up liquid.

 

[screenman]

Jet wash user here, along with TFR.

 

[User6179]

Jet wash user here, along with TFR.

TFR ?

 

[screenman]

Yep, TFR.

 

[User6179]

Yep, TFR.

1. Total fertility rate

 

[screenman]

Traffic film remover.

 

[youngoldbloke]

Fenix FS1, diluted 10:1, hand spray. Leave 10mins, rinse off, hose, fine spray, v. low pressure, not directly at bearings, moving parts etc. Bounce bike to remove surplus, spray ALL over GT85. Lube chain, pivot points.

 

[potsy]

I employ the @I like Skol method of cleaning my bike, ie not at all unless it gets caught in the rain

On the odd occasion I forget this method and actually want to ride a nice gleaming bike then it's the baby wipes and rags method.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Likewise.

And car shampoo is only washing up liquid with a higher price.

Car shampoo often includes wax to give a nice shine at the end - I'm sure that'll be lovely on your dishes.

 

[I like Skol]

I employ the @I like Skol method of cleaning my bike, ie not at all unless it gets caught in the rain

It works for me. My commuter bike is totally unwashed and yet completely reliable. Maintenance is carried out in a preventative manner but on an as needed basis. The bike looks exactly the way I want it to, which, just like me is fit for purpose and well used

 

[Gravity Aided]

I usually use car shampoo, and car wax, usually Megulars'. Always works well for me, last number of years. I've never had anything in the way of a bicycle that anyone would exhibit or envy, but I like to keep things well maintained. Good for morale.

 

[slowmotion]

It's just a bike FFS! It gets dirty. It gets scratched and battered. It gets broken, even. That thing you ride isn't the Mona Lisa. It doesn't matter very much. You don't sell it to Tate Britain. Dirt rocks.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I don't know, I think a lugged steel touring bicycle in my size nowadays would be kind of hard to come by, and dear to cost. So it matters quite a bit. Even if it is 30 years old.

 

[slowmotion]

I don't know, I think a lugged steel touring bicycle in my size nowadays would be kind of hard to come by, and dear to cost. So it matters quite a bit. Even if it is 30 years old.

That's fondness, not obsession.

 

[Gravity Aided]

That's fondness, not obsession.

I agree, although with all the shenanigans this week,
Mrs GA may not agree.