Jet washers can damage a bike, states professional builder.

[gbb]

No one with any sense would directly spray any bearing with a pressure washer. Don't think it takes a wheel builder to convince anyone it's bad idea.

If only, The crass stupidity I see at work with guys using pressure washers convinces me plenty of folk will just blast away on a bike. Just because folk ride a bike doesn't make them sensible.
As an aside while it's not something I'd personally do, as long as you avoid hubs BBC and headsets, in other words, direct contact with bearings, there's jo reason why not.
I saw team mechanics doing it in the TDF prologue in London.

 

[MontyVeda]

When I visited, DCR consisted of a very nice bloke, David, working out of a clean, tidy and secure barn. Of course he might have employed the services of a team of copywriters, but I doubt it.

Or just a marketing agency... a lot of sole traders do you know.

 

[screenman]

Bit of both , but Id say matey was possibly unaware of the damage he was doing , the bike was not to old as I remember ,

Could the jet wash have done it on its own. I wonder if many who are against using a jet wash on a bike have ever done so.

 

[ozboz]

Could the jet wash have done it on its own. I wonder if many who are against using a jet wash on a bike have ever done so.

dunno , on low pressure and just wafting the muck of id say it would be ok , a bit less force than a hose on the high blast maybe ,

 

[screenman]

dunno , on low pressure and just wafting the muck of id say it would be ok , a bit less force than a hose on the high blast maybe ,

Not the answer I was expecting, I thought it would be, of course it could not do it on its own.

 

[huwsparky]

I use a pressure washer on mine, just use it sensibly.

 

[tyred]

I ride my bike through one of these. I get my bike cleaned, glasses polished and my clothes and hair washed all in one go

 

[Smokin Joe]

I am sure you are correct, but many do, I have mates that cannot find one of the five buckets they have.

My type of guys.

 

[MarkF]

A hose would have taken a lot longer than my jet wash did today. Also not all of us live in a disorganized state, my jet washer takes about a minutes to get out, set up and use.

What is the total sq/m of a bicycles parts? I can't stand mucky bikes and clean mine after every ride, it takes me 5 minutes max. Never had any inclination to buy and use a pressure washer.

 

[screenman]

What is the total sq/m of a bicycles parts? I can't stand mucky bikes and clean mine after every ride, it takes me 5 minutes max. Never had any inclination to buy and use a pressure washer.

Have you seen the picture of the muddy bike on here? I do not have the inclination to clean my bikes after every ride and the tractors are back on the fields around here so they get cruddy after a couple of rides.

I have no problem with people not using a jet wash, I am just pointing out they do no damage on their own and can speed a job up.

 

[johnnyb47]

I suppose it boils down to the needs of an individual cyclist. If your an all out Mountain biker and your bike comes home caked in thick mud a good pressure washer is a god send. Obviously you don't direct the washer at any main bearings just incase it penetrates into the bearings. If you're just using your bike on the roads and they just dirty from the grimy roads this time of the year a quick hose down and a rub over with a rag or dare I say it some baby wipes once it's dried to shine it up. A good spray of WD40 and jobs a good one. We all cycle but we also enjoy different types of cycling so our methods of cleaning a bike will vary..My old Motorcross used to come home plastered in mud and it was jet washed every time I put it away. The same applied to all the farm vehicles to. It was the only way you could shift all the crud off..