tips please

[ruffers]

Has anyone got any tips on cleaning bikes, products for maintaining components etc, all help and replies appreciated.

 

[Darren Jeffrey]

Some really good videos on YouTube that give all the best ways to go about it. Majority are very similar

 

[CopperCyclist]

Search for the Mickle Method on this forum

 

[ruffers]

Thanks for replies both give helpful tips, cheers

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Baby wipes!

 

[ruffers]

Baby wipes then lube of some sort??

 

[Brommyboy]

I just dry wipe the frame with old soft cloth. The chain is also dry wiped before oiling. Bikes look good even after nearly 20 years, and transmission lasts almost 10000 miles. Must be doing something right!

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Baby wipes then lube of some sort??

Yup, baby wipes for everything bar the transmission and wheels then the Mickle Method for the transmission.

If you have carbon forks make sure you get the backs of them at the top nice and clean because horrid things can happen otherwise.

 

[Rob3rt]

I take the wheels off, stand the frame in the bath and give it a shower, then I do likewise with the wheels, this removes grit. I then dry it, transfer to the lobby and here I wipe it over with baby wipes, taking care to clean the cassette, brakes and brake blocks (scrape out the slots with a flat head screw driver), wipe the tyres and check for debris, clean up the braking surface then re-assemble. As for cleaning and lubing the chain, I just put lube on it, leave it for a bit, then clean each link out with a rolled up baby wipe.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I take the wheels off, stand the frame in the bath and give it a shower, then I do likewise with the wheels, this removes grit. I then dry it, transfer to the lobby and here I wipe it over with baby wipes, taking care to clean the cassette, brakes and brake blocks (scrape out the slots with a flat head screw driver), wipe the tyres and check for debris, clean up the braking surface then re-assemble. As for cleaning and lubing the chain, I just put lube on it, leave it for a bit, then clean each link out with a rolled up baby wipe.

Um. Do you live alone?

 

[Rob3rt]

Nope!

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Nope!

Cool as fudge

 

[NormanD]

Once you've cleaned it .. never ride it again

Invest in a few cans of GT85 it's a cyclists best friend

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I take the wheels off, stand the frame in the bath and give it a shower, then I do likewise with the wheels, this removes grit. I then dry it, transfer to the lobby and here I wipe it over with baby wipes, taking care to clean the cassette, brakes and brake blocks (scrape out the slots with a flat head screw driver), wipe the tyres and check for debris, clean up the braking surface then re-assemble. As for cleaning and lubing the chain, I just put lube on it, leave it for a bit, then clean each link out with a rolled up baby wipe.

Shed not let me do that, had a struggle getting it to live in the utility, from the shed.

 

[DougieAB]

Cmon Nige, are you a man or a mouse! Do what I do and wait until she goes shopping (which is quit often!) to clean the bike. Mind you, I also like cheese