wax or polish

[brady37]

hi can anyone recomend a wax or polish to put on a bike after cleaning cheers

 

[tyred]

You can never go too far wrong with Auto Glym Super Resin Polish IMO.

 

[jack the lad]

Forget the wax or polish, just get your @rse on it and ride the darned thing. Life's too short for bike waxing surely to god!

 

[ianrauk]

Mr Sheen... works wonders

 

[brady37]

my arse is never of the bike it cost a lot of money so its worth looking after

 

[jimboalee]

Mr Sheen... works wonders

We used to say "Mr Sheen... Shines on all surfaces".

Good old Barry.

 

[swee'pea99]

I'm with Jack, the only thing you need to put on your bike is your bum.
Polish. FFS.

 

[Marin Maniac]

You can never go too far wrong with Auto Glym Super Resin Polish IMO.

+1

The only exception is the longevity of this stuff used by itself is not very good. It contains fillers to hide imperfections. One coat of this and two coats of Auto Glym's Extra Gloss Protection and you won't need to wax/polish for a few months.

Lot of people would think this os OTT. But if you want the bling

 

[Llama]

I use Mer - it states on the back its suitable for bikes and gives a really good protective shine -
http://www.merproducts.com/acatalog/The_Ultimate_Car_Polish.html#a3

 

[Mr Pig]

hi can anyone recomend a wax or polish to put on a bike after cleaning cheers

Cleaning?

On Saturday morning I was out with two other guys for a run. One used to be a roadie, keeps his bikes spotless including his RockHopper. The two of them slow right down for puddles!

At one point we were on a dirt track through the trees and I was at the back. The two of them slowed right down to tiptoe round the edges of a puddle covering most of the track. Couldn't resist it, I blasted through the middle of the puddle to the sound of splashes, yells and moans. Happy days :0)

 

[arallsopp]

At the risk of triggering a whole chain of increasingly ridiculous posts, how about this.

In my defence, Brady started it.

 

[arallsopp]

(I've seen CoG's bike, and its very glossy.)

 

[dodgy]

I wipe my bike with baby wipes when it's hanging up. I just wipe bits off when I see them appear, don't bother getting down to marathon bike cleaning sessions!

Now the MTB is different of course, but my frame is powder coated so it's not possible to polish it, and I wouldn't bother even if it was.

 

[Mr Pig]

I hose my bike down if it's really sh**y but that's it. The moving parts get looked after and I try to keep rust away but dirt on the frame doesn't bother me. Pointless cleaning a MTB as it just gets black again the next time you take it out. Also, if you make keeping it clean an issue I'll effect they way you use it, as my mates prove.

As I've said before, my bike serves me, not the other way around.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Mr Sheen... works wonders

Agreed. Anything more is too much work for too little gain.