Cleaning, how far do you go ?

[Psycolist]

If, like many I suspect, OFF ROADING at the moment means riding through swamps, how deep do you clean after a dirty ride ? I've come home today with a bike that needs more than a wipe down with a oily rag. There is algae in the wheel rim spoke holes, duckweed in the cassette rings, hair algae in the chain, and thats apart from about a kilo of muck and filth in the brake, derailleur and crank mechanisms. I'm thinking of actually disassembling the whole bike and re-building once cleaned up. I know this is an extreme instance, but how much of a clean up do you give after a mucky ride ?

 

[I like Skol]

Garden hose, give it a good bounce on the back wheel to shake off excess water then stick it somewhere warmish to dry.

 

[smokeysmoo]

@fossyant is your man for all matters of freaky cleanliness

 

[ColinJ]

Far enough, but no further! I do what Skol does (substituting a 5L garden sprayer for the hose), and often 'mickle' the chain if it needs it.

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

I stripped my full sus 29r down to a frameset after its most recent outing.
I can't see why people would not want the MTB to be as clean as the road bike.

 

[screenman]

Just done mine, jet wash and TFR, quick squirt all over with WD 40 to dispel any moisture left after bouncing, then lube and rack it ready for the next ride.

 

[ScotiaLass]

I stripped my full sus 29r down to a frameset after its most recent outing.
I can't see why people would not want the MTB to be as clean as the road bike.

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That's one handsome bike there!

 

[medavidcook]

I stripped my full sus 29r down to a frameset after its most recent outing.
I can't see why people would not want the MTB to be as clean as the road bike.

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Is that a garmin computer on your stem, do you track all your rides, do you use the HRM and Cadence.

 

[young Ed]

I stripped my full sus 29r down to a frameset after its most recent outing.
I can't see why people would not want the MTB to be as clean as the road bike.

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the MTB/s should be just as clean and well cared for as the road bike/s and mine will be when i eventually get it! :P
Cheers Ed

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

Is that a garmin computer on your stem, do you track all your rides, do you use the HRM and Cadence.

I do track all my rides and use HRM and Cadence.

 

[ColinJ]

I can't see why people would not want the MTB to be as clean as the road bike.

Because they would rather spend more of their time riding and less of it cleaning?

 

[ColinJ]

If I ever had enough money to spare, I would love to pay somebody to clean and service my bikes 3 or 4 times a year. In the mean time, I do what I have to do, but not much more than that. (I do draw the line at filthy transmission and rims though, because they impact efficiency and reliability.)

If somebody volunteered to keep my bikes clean and well-maintained for nowt, I'd be pretty happy about it!

 

[young Ed]

If I ever had enough money to spare, I would love to pay somebody to clean and service my bikes 3 or 4 times a year. In the mean time, I do what I have to do, but not much more than that. (I do draw the line at filthy transmission and rims though, because they impact efficiency and reliability.)

If somebody volunteered to keep my bikes clean and well-maintained for nowt, I'd be pretty happy about it!

take the bikes down here in kent and i will do all bearings and check everything else like that for the cost of parts honest
Cheers Ed

 

[ColinJ]

take the bikes down here in kent and i will do all bearings and check everything else like that for the cost of parts honest
Cheers Ed

I already have a free mechanic, ta, but I can't afford to pay for spares!

(If I had realised how much more expensive Campagnolo cassettes etc. are compared to Shimano, I might have chosen differently ...)

 

[fossyant]

I stripped my full sus 29r down to a frameset after its most recent outing.
I can't see why people would not want the MTB to be as clean as the road bike.

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10 out of 10 on the Fossy scale of clean. Use it, clean it, get it mucky again.