Hi.
I know this topic has been flogged to death but I would just like to share how easy I manage to keep my bike clean through the winter months with minimal effort. The road bike has now gone into hibernation for the winter and am now enjoying a spot of mountain biking which usually takes me down some really filthy lanes. The bike is nearly always caked in mud ( and me) when I get home, and getting the hose pipe out in the dark after a ride ain't much fun after a 20 mile ride each night.
I have how ever ,found one of the those garden sprayers very effective at cleaning the bike down. I don't mean the small ones with a trigger bottle ,but I mean the slightly bigger hand held ones that hold around 1ltr and have a plunger type pump handle. Before a bike ride I fill it up and leave it by the front door ready and waiting for my return.
As some as I get home a quick blast easily shifts away all the wet mud ( adjust the nozzle to a jet) followed by a spray of gt85 /wd40. The low pressure of the bottle sprayer won't drive unwanted water into the bearings either which is a bonus. It only takes a couple of minutes to get bike clean after a ride and saves messing around at the weekend getting a weeks worth of dried engrained crud off. Its also ideal if you live in a flat and washing your bike conveniently is an issue. The secret is to wash the mud off while it's still wet. It makes it so much easier.
All the best .
johnny
I know this topic has been flogged to death but I would just like to share how easy I manage to keep my bike clean through the winter months with minimal effort. The road bike has now gone into hibernation for the winter and am now enjoying a spot of mountain biking which usually takes me down some really filthy lanes. The bike is nearly always caked in mud ( and me) when I get home, and getting the hose pipe out in the dark after a ride ain't much fun after a 20 mile ride each night.
I have how ever ,found one of the those garden sprayers very effective at cleaning the bike down. I don't mean the small ones with a trigger bottle ,but I mean the slightly bigger hand held ones that hold around 1ltr and have a plunger type pump handle. Before a bike ride I fill it up and leave it by the front door ready and waiting for my return.
As some as I get home a quick blast easily shifts away all the wet mud ( adjust the nozzle to a jet) followed by a spray of gt85 /wd40. The low pressure of the bottle sprayer won't drive unwanted water into the bearings either which is a bonus. It only takes a couple of minutes to get bike clean after a ride and saves messing around at the weekend getting a weeks worth of dried engrained crud off. Its also ideal if you live in a flat and washing your bike conveniently is an issue. The secret is to wash the mud off while it's still wet. It makes it so much easier.
All the best .
johnny
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