How to clean your bike like a pro

[uclown2002]

It wasnt one of those chain cleaning devices. It just looked like a blue jockey wheel.dont know what its called though

I know what it is and I have one! It's a chain keeper. Very useful too.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/...nitedKingdom&gclid=CIb8nt_kprwCFYsKwwodk2cA6Q

 

[ianrauk]

It wasnt one of those chain cleaning devices. It just looked like a blue jockey wheel.dont know what its called though

Wiggle sell them

 

[wisdom]

Thanks thats the one

 

[ColinJ]

i bought one of those with the same idea in mind... no chance of it stripping grease or lube out of the bearings because it's got no chance of shifting mud either

I wouldn't expect a garden sprayer to blast away the mud from a well-used MTB or CX bike, but mine certainly gets the muck off my road bike which I don't tend to ride through bogs or slurry-coated farmyards!

(I wash the mud off as soon as I get back, before it sets.)

 

[MontyVeda]

...

(I wash the mud off as soon as I get back, before it sets.)

that's what i hoped it'd do too.... a bucket of water is far more effective.

 

[Tin Pot]

Something I've only just considers is how to hold the bike while pressure spraying - don't want to strip the paint off the walls and don't want to buy a £150 bike stand clamp..!

 

[ColinJ]

that's what i hoped it'd do too.... a bucket of water is far more effective.

Not in a 3 mm gap under a Crud Road Racer it isn't!

 

[screenman]

Something I've only just considers is how to hold the bike while pressure spraying - don't want to strip the paint off the walls and don't want to buy a £150 bike stand clamp..!

Lobys foot is my method for holding the bike whilst jet washing it.

 

[uclown2002]

Not in a 3 mm gap under a Crud Road Racer it isn't!

You could take your wheels off!

 

[Tin Pot]

Lobys foot is my method for holding the bike whilst jet washing it.

Who is Loby, and how is her foot after you've finished stripping a few layers of skin off?

 

[ColinJ]

You could take your wheels off!

Ha ha ... Well, yes, I could, but I wouldn't exactly call that convenient when I am cold, tired and hungry and just want to give the bike a quick clean and go indoors for a bite to eat, and a soak in the bath while I sup a nice mug of tea!

Who is Loby, and how is her foot after you've finished stripping a few layers of skin off?

If those pressure washers are powerful enough to strip paint from walls and skin from people then I definitely would not want to point one at my bike!

 

[screenman]

Colin, would standing 10 foot away from a pressure washer spray strip paint, well of course not all you would feel is a light mist, less than a pressurized pump up one held close. Tools are great, you just have to know how to use them.

Tin Pot,

 

[malcermie]

Sorry to my wife but this is how I clean mine

In the Shower!

I suggested to my wife she could hold my bike for me while she was having a bath....still trying to get my frame pump out from where she put it!!!!

 

[the_mikey]

I use a bucket of warm water with car shampoo and a sponge, occasionally I will remove the cassette and degrease it then rinse in warm water before drying and re-installing.

 

[mickle]

Rule #49
Keep the rubber side down.
It is completely unacceptable to intentionally turn one’s steed upside down for any reason under any circumstances. Besides the risk of scratching the saddle, levers and stem, it is unprofessional and a disgrace to your loyal steed. The risk of the bike falling over is increased, wheel removal/replacement is made more difficult and your bidons will leak. The only reason a bicycle should ever be in an upside down position is during mid-rotation while crashing. This Rule also applies to upside down saddle-mount roof bars.