Post Ride Wash?

[darrentaytay]

Hi guys, was just wondering how often people clean their bikes.

Do you guys wash your bike after every ride? If so, what do you do?

 

[fossyant]

After every wet ride.

 

[darrentaytay]

After every wet ride.

What do you do? Sponge and soapy water or something else?

 

[derrick]

After every ride for the good bike, the others only get cleaned when they get dirty.
Clean rag and a kitchen cleaner.

 

[Apollonius]

After a muddy ride, which is most of them lately, I hose the muck off and spray the chain with GT85. Clean properly with baby wipes. Plastic winter bike.

 

[ianrauk]

What do you do? Sponge and soapy water or something else?

Hose it down with a brush attachment with built in soap dispenser. Then dried with rags. Mr Sheen'd, then relubed.

 

[fossyant]

What do you do? Sponge and soapy water or something else?

Yep ! Car Shampoo and a sponge, then oil chain and wipe off excess with an old t-shirt

 

[fossyant]

As Ian says, Mr Sheen is great.

 

[jefmcg]

(i don't do this, my bike is always grubby)

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvzVRxlIUL0

 

[darrentaytay]

Thanks guys - might take a couple of old rags with me for after the commute to work just to wipe off any obvious muck.

 

[ianrauk]

Thanks guys - might take a couple of old rags with me for after the commute to work just to wipe off any obvious muck.

...tis what I does...

 

[Garry A]

Wipe everything with some rags and kitchen roll sprayed with GT-85 (missing the rims). Only when it needs it though. Wipe and lube the chain.

 

[Gravity Aided]

A good wipe down after every wet ride, especially the commuter, although it has no alloy or brightwork, and a wipe down after every ride with the Raleighs and Electra. All things work better when cleaned and maintained.

 

[Drago]

Every ride, except my commuters which get once a week. The commuters are shaken and left to dry next to a radiator in wet weather.

 

[slowmotion]

About six times a year. Usually when I'll be riding in the company OCD types.